The Mohorovičić discontinuity beneath the continental crust: An overview of seismic constraints

R Carbonell, A Levander, R Kind - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
… Conventional seismic refraction data, which typically have sensor spacing of one to multiple
kilometers, retrieve a simple step-like or a linear velocity gradient for the Moho discontinuity, …

The continental Mohorovičić discontinuity: Results from near‐vertical and wide‐angle seismic reflection studies

LW Braile, CS Chiang - … seismology: A global perspective, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
… and reflection data for the continental Moho discontinuity discussed in this paper indicate
that reflection and refraction data provide different idormation on the Moho. Thus, at least a …

Crustal structure beneath southern Africa: insight into how tectonic events affect the Mohorovičić discontinuity

JR Delph, RC Porter - Geophysical Journal International, 2015 - academic.oup.com
… The magnitude of Moho conversions beneath the Bushveld … , we observe low amplitude
Moho conversions beneath the … formation that suggest sharp Moho boundaries and low Vp/Vs …

Moho:: 100 years after Andrija Mohorovičić

H Thybo, IM Artemieva, B Kennett - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
… (this volume) discuss the character of Moho in China based on 114 seismic refraction … on
the Evolution of the Archean Mohorovičić Discontinuity from a synaccretionary protocrust. He …

The Mohorovicic discontinuity in ocean basins: Some observations from seismic data

JC Mutter, HD Carton - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
… We use evidence from seismic refraction studies in a supportive way where those data are
… no seismic study in the oceans has aimed specifically at investigating the oceanic Moho. …

A seismic discontinuity in the upper mantle between the Eastern Alps and the Western Carpathians: Constraints from wide angle reflections and geological …

T Oeberseder, M Behm, I Kovács, G Falus - Tectonophysics, 2011 - Elsevier
… is mostly confined to the crust and the Moho. Structures in the upper mantle are more likely
… in particular the Moho discontinuity. In some areas, reflections from below the Moho are also …

Passive seismic experiment and receiver functions analysis to determine crustal structure at the contact of the northern Dinarides and southwestern Pannonian Basin

F Šumanovac, E Hegedűs, J Orešković… - Geophysical journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
discontinuities, in particular, the Mohorovičić discontinuity at the base of the crust (Mohorovičić
1910). … Troughs in the seismic model at the level of the Mohorovičić discontinuity were …

Maine seismic experiment: frequency spectra of refraction arrivals and the nature of the Mohorovičić discontinuity

Y Nakamura, BF Howell Jr - Bulletin of the Seismological …, 1964 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
… assumed that the model of the Moho postulated in this study is a fair approximation of the
actual conditions at the Moho. The actual velocity distribution at the Moho, however, is more …

Crustal and uppermost mantle structure beneath the External Dinarides, Croatia, determined from teleseismic receiver functions

J Stipčević, H Tkalčić, M Herak… - Geophysical journal …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
… Comparing our results with recent maps of the Moho topography inferred from seismic and
… the existing Moho maps is very good. For the others, we find the Mohorovičić discontinuity to …

Crustal Thickness Beneath the Dinarides and Surrounding Areas From Receiver Functions

J Stipčević, M Herak, I Molinari, I Dasović, H Tkalčić… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Moho depth map for the wider Dinarides region which was created using teleseismic earthquake
… The Mohorovičić discontinuity lies the deepest in the central and southern Dinarides, at …