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Moho Discontinuity

The "Moho Discontinuity" is a seismological boundary surface within the Earth's interior that demarcates the base of the crust and the onset of the mantle, distinguished by an abrupt increase in seismic wave velocity due to a change in rock composition and density.

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324

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2017–2026

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Variants

MohoMohorovičić Discontinuity

Parents

Publications

302

A proposal for the kinematic modelling of W‐dipping subductions ‐ possible applications to the Tyrrhenian‐Apennines system

Carlo Doglioni · Terra Nova · 1991 · 686 citations

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An inverted continental Moho and serpentinization of the forearc mantle

M. G. Bostock, R. D. Hyndman, S. Rondenay et al. · Nature · 2002 · 626 citations

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The Ecors Pyrenean deep seismic profile reflection data and the overall structure of an orogenic belt

Pierre Choukroune · Tectonics · 1989 · 417 citations

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The shape of ground motion attenuation curves in southeastern Canada

Gail M. Atkinson, R. F. Mereu · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1992 · 311 citations

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Frozen subduction in Canada's Northwest Territories: Lithoprobe deep lithospheric reflection profiling of the western Canadian Shield

Frederick A. Cook, Arie J. van der Velden, Kevin Hall et al. · Tectonics · 1999 · 291 citations · Full text

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Authors

931

  1. RK
    R. Kind

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    9 publications · 1K citations

    10

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  2. XY
    Xiaohui Yuan

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    8 publications · 737 citations

    8

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  3. ME
    Mehdi Eshagh

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

    5 publications · 88 citations

    5

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  4. ZZ
    Zhongjie Zhang

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    5 publications · 435 citations

    5

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  5. MG
    M. Grad

    University of Warsaw, Poland

    5 publications · 202 citations

    5

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Institutions

324

  1. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    22 h-index

    59 publications

    4.6K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    17 h-index

    76 publications

    4.3K citations

  3. Institute of Geology and Geophysics

    Beijing, China

    15 h-index

    54 publications

    3.5K citations

  4. National Geophysical Research Institute

    Hyderabad, India

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    808 citations

  6. Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    495 citations

  7. Tohoku University

    Sendai, Japan

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    799 citations

  8. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    501 citations

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Venues

  1. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 43 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. Tectonophysics

    28 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 24 publications · 2.1K citations

    20

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    20 publications · 1.2K citations

    18

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  5. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

    BSSA · 16 publications · 979 citations

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