Moho structure of the anatolian plate from receiver function analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 329-337

  Vanacore, E A ^a,c   Taymaz, T ^b   Saygin, E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body waves; Crustal structure; Europe

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SEISMOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

BODY WAVES; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EASTERN ANATOLIA; EUROPE; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; RECEIVER FUNCTION ANALYSIS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC NETWORKS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BODY WAVE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DECONVOLUTION; LOWER CRUST; MOHO; PARTIAL MELTING; STACKING;

ANATOLIA; CYPRUS; EUROPE; TURKEY;

EID: 84877082239     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs107     Document Type: Article

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