The fine-scale structure of upper continental lithosphere from seismic waveform methods: Insights into Phanerozoic crustal formation processes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-124

  O'Reilly, B M ^a   Hauser, F ^a,b   Readman, P W ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Continental margins: convergent; Controlled source seismology; Crustal structure; Europe

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CODA; COMPRESSION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVONIAN; OROGENY; P-WAVE; PARTIAL MELTING; PHANEROZOIC; S-WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SILURIAN; TECTONIC PLATE; WAVE FIELD; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 73049089724     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04420.x     Document Type: Article

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