Teleseismic tomography of the mantle in the Carpathian-Pannonian region of central Europe

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-31

  Dando, B D E ^a   Stuart, G W ^a   Houseman, G A ^a   Hegedus E ^b   Bruckl E ^c   Radovanovic S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d Seismological Survey of Serbia   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Backarc basin processes; Body waves; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Europe; Mantle processes; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC BASIN; BODY WAVES; EUROPE; MANTLE PROCESSES; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

VELOCITY;

ARRIVAL TIME; ASTHENOSPHERE; BACKARC BASIN; BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PROCESS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; PANNONIAN BASIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79959253403     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04998.x     Document Type: Article

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