3-D modelling of the crustal S-wave velocity structure from active source data: Application to the eastern alps and the Bohemian Massif

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 265-278

  Behm, Michael ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Composition of the continental crust; Controlled source seismology; Europe; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; GEOPHONE; MOHO; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; STACKING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ALPS; BOHEMIAN MASSIF; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70350294318     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04259.x     Document Type: Article

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