Insights on the upper mantle beneath the Eastern Alps

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 403, Issue , 2014, Pages 199-209

  Bianchi, Irene ^a   Miller, Meghan S ^b   Bokelmann, Götz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Alps; Lithosphere asthenosphere boundary; Low velocity zone; P receiver functions; S receiver functions; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY;

EASTERN ALPS; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; LOW VELOCITY ZONES; S-RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; UPPER MANTLE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; PANNONIAN BASIN;

EID: 84904765007     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.06.051     Document Type: Article

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