Imaging crustal structure in south central Costa Rica with receiver functions

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Dzierma, Y ^a   Thorwart, M M ^a   Rabbel, W ^a   Flueh, E R ^b   Alvarado, G E ^c   Mora, M M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; crustal structure; receiver functions; Seismology; Talamanca

Indexed keywords

QUARTZ; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

BROADBAND SEISMOMETERS; COSTA RICA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GRID SEARCH; LOCAL DEVIATION; LOW-VELOCITY; MOUNTAIN RANGES; POSITIVE SIGNALS; RECEIVER FUNCTION METHOD; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; TALAMANCA; TRANSITION REGIONS; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANIC ARC; VOLCANIC ZONE;

VOLCANOES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISLAND ARC; MOHO; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; UPPER CRUST;

CORDILLERA DE TALAMANCA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 77955795033     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002936     Document Type: Article

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