Estimation of the seismic velocity crustal structure in the southwest region of the Sierra de Pie de Palo southwest San Juan;Estimación de la estructura cortical de velocidades sísmicas en el suroeste de la sierra de pie de palo, provincia de San Juan

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-480

  Perarnau, Marcelo ^a,b   Alvarado, Patricia ^a,c   Saez, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^b Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica ANPCyT FONCyT   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Flat slab subduction; Moho; Pie de palo range

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DISCONTINUITY; FAULTING; FRACTURE; LOWER CRUST; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ARGENTINA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; SIERRA DE PIE DE PALO; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

EID: 79959256157     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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