Nature of orogenesis and volcanism in the Caucasus region based on results of regional tomography
In the paper, we discuss the problem of continental collision and related volcanism in the Caucasus and surrounding areas based on the analysis of the upper mantle seismic structure in a recently derived model by Koulakov (2011). This model, which includes P and S-velocity anomalies down to 1000 km...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-10-01
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Series: | Solid Earth |
Online Access: | http://www.solid-earth.net/3/327/2012/se-3-327-2012.pdf |