High-resolution 3-D P-wave model of the Alpine crust

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1133-1147

  Diehl, T ^a   Husen, S ^a   Kissling, E ^a   Deichmann, N ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body waves; Crustal structure; Europe; Seismic tomography; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE VELOCITY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 70350400286     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04331.x     Document Type: Article

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