Crustal thickness in Vrancea area, Romania from S to P converted waves

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 317-328

  Ivan, Marian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Crustal thickness; S to P converted waves; Vrancea (Romania)

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA INVERSION; DELAMINATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY;

CARPATHIANS; DOBROGEA; MOESIAN PLATFORM; ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIAN BASIN; VRANCEA;

EID: 79953250051     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-010-9225-4     Document Type: Article

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