EPcrust: A reference crustal model for the European Plate

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 352-364

  Molinari, Irene ^a   Morelli, Andrea ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Europe

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SEISMIC; CONTINENTAL SCALE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIGITAL FORMAT; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE SCENARIO; EUROPE; LOCAL MODEL; LOWER CRUST; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; NOISE CORRELATION; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH POLE; OTHER APPLICATIONS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THREE-LAYER; UPPER CRUST;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; S-WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 79952644931     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04940.x     Document Type: Article

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