Seismic velocity structures of southern Italy from tomographic imaging of the Ionian slab and petrological inferences

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 751-764

  Calo M ^a,b   Dorbath, C ^a,c   Luzio, D ^b   Rotolo, S G ^b,d   D'Anna, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b CFTA Institute   (Italy)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rheology: crust and lithosphere; Seismic tomography; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

LOW-VELOCITY ANOMALY; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE CIRCULATION; POST-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY MODELS; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SOUTHERN ITALY; STRIKE SLIP SYSTEMS; SUBDUCTION PROCESS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; VELOCITY MODEL;

PETROLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ISLAND ARC; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; P-WAVE; PETROLOGY; RHEOLOGY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 84867403511     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05647.x     Document Type: Article

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