Seismic velocity and Poisson's ratio tomography of the crust beneath East Anatolia

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 746-761

  Salah, Mohamed K ^a   Şahin, Şakir ^b   Aydin, Ufuk ^c  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Eastern Anatolia; Poisson's ratio; Seismic tomography; Seismic wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 78751702510     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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