Erosion of the continental lithosphere at the cusps of the Calabrian arc: Evidence from S receiver functions analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Miller, Meghan S ^a   Agostinetti, Nicola Piana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOLOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE FLOW; MT. ETNA; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PELAGIC SEDIMENTS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S-RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; TELESEISMIC; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TOROIDAL FLOW;

TECTONICS;

CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EROSION RATE; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONICS; TOROIDAL FIELD; TRENCH; VOLCANO;

CALABRIAN ARC; ITALY;

EID: 82955173777     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049455     Document Type: Article

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