Seismic velocity structure at the southeastern margin of the Arabian Peninsula

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 782-792

  Al Hashmi, S ^a   Gok R ^b   Al Toubi, K ^a   Al Shijbi, Y ^a   El Hussain, I ^a   Rodgers, A J ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coda waves; Continental margins: convergent; Continental margins: divergent; Crustal structure

Indexed keywords

BROAD BANDS; CAMBRIANS; CODA WAVES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS: CONVERGENT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; JOINT INVERSION ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO DEPTH; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PRECAMBRIAN; RAYLEIGH; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC STATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SURFACE-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY; TELESEISMIC; WAVE GROUP;

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

CODA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; P-WAVE; PASSIVE MARGIN; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; OMAN;

EID: 79960346298     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05067.x     Document Type: Article

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