Insights into the evolution of the Italian lithospheric structure from S receiver function analysis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 345-348, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-59

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lithosphere asthenosphere boundary; Lthospheric structure; Receiver functions; Subduction zone evolution

Indexed keywords

APENNINES; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; CO-LOCATED; DATA SETS; HYPOCENTER LOCATION; ITALIAN PENINSULA; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; NEGATIVE AMPLITUDES; NEGATIVE ARRIVAL; NORTHERN APENNINES; PULSE CHARACTERISTICS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S VELOCITY; S-RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC IMAGING; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SLAB STRUCTURES; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TECTONIC HISTORY; TECTONIC REGIONS; TELESEISMIC; UPPER MANTLE; UPPERMOST MANTLE;

EARTHQUAKES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AFRICAN PLATE; ASTHENOSPHERE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EPISODIC EVENT; EURASIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MOHO; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

APENNINES; CALABRIA; CALABRIAN ARC; ITALY;

EID: 84864032153     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.028     Document Type: Article

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