Tomographic constraints on the geodynamic evolution of the Italian region

FP Lucente, C Chiarabba, GB Cimini… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper we present P wave tomographic images of the mantle beneath Italy obtained by
inverting∼ 6000 teleseismic P and PKP wave arrival times, accurately repicked, recorded in …

P wave tomography of the mantle under the Alpine‐Mediterranean area

C Piromallo, A Morelli - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We study the upper mantle P wave velocity structure below the Euro‐Mediterranean area,
down to 1000 km depth, by seismic travel time tomography. We invert summary residuals …

Crustal and uppermost mantle structure in Italy fron the inversion of P-wave arrival times: geodynamic impliations

R Di Stefano, C Chiarabba, F Lucente… - Geophysical Journal …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
In this paper we present a 3-D image of the P-wave velocity structure in the crust and
uppermost mantle beneath Italy, obtained by inverting P-wave arrival times of crustal …

Shallow subduction beneath Italy: Three‐dimensional images of the Adriatic‐European‐Tyrrhenian lithosphere system based on high‐quality P wave arrival times

R Di Stefano, E Kissling, C Chiarabba… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a velocity model of the Italian (central Mediterranean) lithosphere in
unprecedented detail. The model is derived by inverting a set of 166,000 Pg and Pn seismic …

How lithospheric subduction changes along the Calabrian Arc in southern Italy: geophysical evidences

G Neri, AM Marotta, B Orecchio, D Presti… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Recent tomographic investigations performed down to~ 300 km depth in the Calabrian Arc
region gave insight in favor of the hypothesis that the Ionian subducting slab is continuous in …

The lithosphere-asthenosphere: Italy and surroundings

GF Panza, A Pontevivo, G Chimera… - Episodes Journal of …, 2003 - episodes.org
The velocity-depth distribution of the lithosphereasthenosphere in the Italian region and
surroundings is imaged, with a lateral resolution of about 100 km, by surface wave velocity …

Crustal seismic tomography in the Calabrian Arc region, south Italy

G Barberi, MT Cosentino, A Gervasi, I Guerra… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2004 - Elsevier
27,646 P-and 15,025 S-wave readings obtained from 2238 earthquakes and 84 artificial
sources were used to perform tomographic inversion of P velocity and VP/VS ratio in the …

Deep crustal roots beneath the northern Apennines inferred from teleseismic receiver functions

G Mele, E Sandvol - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2003 - Elsevier
Teleseismic waveforms recorded by a regional array crossing the northern Italian peninsula
and northern Corsica are analyzed using the receiver function technique, to determine the …

Imaging the Mediterranean upper mantle by P-wave travel time tomography

C Piromallo, A Morelli - Annals of Geophysics, 1997 - annalsofgeophysics.eu
Travel times of P-waves in the Euro-Mediterranean region show strong and consistent
lateral variations, which can be associated to structural heterogeneity in the underlying crust …

High-resolution 3-D P-wave model of the Alpine crust

T Diehl, S Husen, E Kissling… - Geophysical Journal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The 3-DP-wave velocity structure of the Alpine crust has been determined from local
earthquake tomography using a set of high-quality traveltime data. The application of an …