Lateral heterogeneity of Europe's upper mantle as inferred from modelling of broad-band body waves

H Paulssen - Geophysical Journal International, 1987 - academic.oup.com
The upper mantle velocity structure beneath Europe is investigated by body-wave modelling
of broad-band seismograms from earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean recorded by …

Shear-wave velocity variations in the upper mantle beneath central Europe

A Zielhuis, G Nolet - Geophysical Journal International, 1994 - academic.oup.com
Summary A new model, EUR-S91, of shear-wave velocity variations in the upper mantle
beneath central Europe and surrounding regions, down to a depth of 670km, is presented …

Structure of the uppermost mantle from long-range seismic observations in southern Germany and the Rhinegraben area

J Ansorge, KP Bonjer, D Emter - Tectonophysics, 1979 - Elsevier
The crustal structure has been determined in the area between the Lorraine, the Bohemian
massif and the northern Alps with considerable detail in recent years. But up to now little has …

Deep structure of the European-Mediterranean area from seismological data

G Calcagnile, R Scarpa - Tectonophysics, 1985 - Elsevier
Over the past 20 years the study of P-and S-wave velocities in the upper mantle of the
European-Mediterranean area has been the subject of intensive research work. We present …

Tomography and velocity structure of the crust and uppermost mantle in southeastern Europe obtained from surface wave analysis

R Raykova, S Nikolova - Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 2007 - Springer
A set of two hundred shear-wave velocity models of the crust and uppermost mantle in
southeast Europe is determined by application of a sequence of methods for surface-waves …

Upper mantle compressional velocity structure beneath the West Mediterranean Basin

NA Pino, DV Helmberger - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
P waveforms of regional crustal earthquakes have been modeled to obtain an upper mantle
compressional velocity model for the West Mediterranean Basin. Data come from long …

The velocity structure and heterogeneity of the upper mantle

BLN Kennett, JR Bowman - Physics of the earth and planetary interiors, 1990 - Elsevier
In a particular region a smoothed and averaged representation of the velocity structure in the
upper mantle can be derived from long-period body wave and higher-mode surface wave …

Upper mantle heterogeneities beneath Central Europe

J Hovland, D Gubbins… - Geophysical Journal …, 1981 - academic.oup.com
An inversion of ISC travel-time data from selected earthquakes in the distance range 30°–
90° to 53 stations in Central Europe has been used to model velocity down to 600 km depth …

A note on lateral variation in upper mantle shear-wave velocity across the Alpine front

JA Rial, S Grand, DV Helmberger - Geophysical Journal …, 1984 - academic.oup.com
We have detected what appear to be strong lateral variations in upper mantle shear-wave
velocities under Europe and western Eurasia. The evidence suggests that the Alpine belt of …

A study of large-scale lateral variations of P velocity in the upper mantle beneath western Europe

BA Romanowicz - Geophysical Journal International, 1980 - academic.oup.com
A large-scale three-dimensional inversion of teleseismic P wave arrival times from ISC
bulletins is performed over the part of Europe extending from Scandinavia to the Alps, and …