Slab top dips resolved by teleseismic converted waves in the Hellenic subduction zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Gesret, A ^a,b   Laigle, M ^b   Diaz, J ^c   Sachpazi, M ^d   Charalampakis, M ^d   Hirn, A ^b  

^a CENTRE DE GÉOSCIENCES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; CONVERTED WAVE; CRUSTAL THINNING; DIP ANGLE; GRID SEARCH; HELLENIC SUBDUCTION ZONE; MODEL PARAMETERS; SURFACE DEFORMATION; TELESEISMIC; UPPER PLATE;

ARRIVAL DATE; AZIMUTH; CRUSTAL THINNING; DEFORMATION; P-WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; S-WAVE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELOPONNESE;

EID: 80055021583     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048996     Document Type: Article

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