Upper mantle structures beneath the Carpathian-Pannonian region: Implications for the geodynamics of continental collision

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 349-350, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-152

  Ren, Y ^a   Stuart, G W ^a   Houseman, G A ^a   Dando, B ^b   Ionescu, C ^c   Hegedus E ^d   Radovanovic S ^e   Shen, Y ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Chacewater   (United Kingdom)

^c HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^d GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^e Seismological Survey of Serbia   (Serbia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpathian Pannonian system; Continental collision; Finite frequency tomography; Upper mantle structure

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BROADBAND STATION; CARPATHIAN BASIN; CARPATHIAN-PANNONIAN SYSTEM; CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; DISTANCE RANGES; DOWN-WELLING; GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HIGH VELOCITY; LITHOSPHERIC; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; PANNONIAN BASIN; ROMANIA; TECTONIC PROCESS; TELESEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE; VRANCEA;

EARTHQUAKES; FREQUENCY BANDS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CARPATHIANS; PANNONIAN BASIN;

EID: 84864514043     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.037     Document Type: Article

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