Seismic images of crustal variations beneath the East Anatolian Plateau (Turkey) from teleseismic receiver functions

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 340, Issue , 2010, Pages 485-496

  Özacar, A Arda ^a   Zandt, George ^b   Gilbert, Hersh ^c   Beck, Susan L ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; ASTHENOSPHERE; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; IMAGING METHOD; MOHO; P-WAVE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC METHOD; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 79951575848     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP340.21     Document Type: Article

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