Results of the CD-ROM project seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection experiment: The upper and middle crust

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 154, Issue , 2005, Pages 257-269

  Rumpel, Hanna Maria ^a   Prodehl, Claus ^a   Snelson, Catherine M ^b   Keller, G Randy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

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EID: 85040099915     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/154GM20     Document Type: Chapter

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