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Imaging structure and geometry of slabs in the greater Alpine area – a P-wave travel-time tomography using AlpArray Seismic Network data
Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie, Geophysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
Wolfgang Friederich
Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie, Geophysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
Stefan M. Schmid
Institut für Geophysik, ETH-Zürich, Sonneggstr. 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Mark R. Handy
Institut für Geophysik, ETH-Zürich, Sonneggstr. 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstr. 74–100, 12249 Berlin, Germany
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The Alpine mountain belt was formed by the collision of the Eurasian and African plates in the geological past, during which parts of the colliding plates sank into the earth's mantle. Using seismological data from distant earthquakes recorded by the AlpArray Seismic Network, we have derived an image of the current location of these subducted parts in the earth's mantle. Their quantity and spatial distribution is key information needed to understand how the Alpine orogen was formed.
The Alpine mountain belt was formed by the collision of the Eurasian and African plates in the...
