Lithospheric P- and S-wave velocity models of the Sicilian area using WAM tomography: Procedure and assessments

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 625-649

  Calò, Marco ^a   Parisi, Laura ^b   Luzio, Dario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental margins: convergent; Crustal structure; Seismic tomography; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGINS: CONVERGENT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; P- AND S-WAVE VELOCITIES; POST-PROCESSING PROCEDURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION; WEIGHTED AVERAGE MODELS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE;

CALABRIA; CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; STROMBOLI; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 84885832238     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt252     Document Type: Article

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