Stratification of the Earth beneath the Azores from P and S receiver functions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 91-103

  Silveira, G ^a,b   Vinnik, L ^c   Stutzmann, E ^d   Farra, V ^d   Kiselev, S ^c   Morais, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Azores; Hotspots; Mantle transition zone; Receiver functions

Indexed keywords

AZORES; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA SETS; DEPTH RANGE; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOTS; JOINT INVERSION; LARGE REGIONS; LOW-VELOCITY ZONE; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; NORTH ATLANTIC; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S VELOCITY; S-RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SEISMIC PHASIS; SEISMIC RECORDING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TIME-DIFFERENCES; VELOCITY RATIO;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY; STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

VELOCITY;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA SET; HOT SPOT; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE VELOCITY;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77958469132     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.021     Document Type: Article

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