Crustal structure of the Arabian Plate: New constraints from the analysis of teleseismic receiver functions

Keywords

Receiver function, Geology, Seismology, Crust, Shield

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• Towards a Comprehensive Seismic Velocity Model for the Broader Africa-Eurasia Collision Region, to Improve Nuclear Explosion MonitoringS. V. der Lee — 2005
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