Open AccessCrustal Thickness in the Central Saudi Arabian Peninsula
Author(s) -
Niazi Mansour
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1968.tb00208.x
Subject(s) - peninsula , geology , seismology , rayleigh wave , dispersion (optics) , geodesy , surface wave , geography , archaeology , telecommunications , physics , computer science , optics
Summary Comparison of the Rayleigh wave trains of the 1966 February 21 earthquake in the South Sandwich Islands, recorded at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Shiraz, Iran, allows an analysis of the dispersion characteristics of the great circle path connecting these cities. Phase and group velocity measurements are closely consistent with a three‐layered crustal model, about 35 km thick, along a profile which traverses central Saudi Arabian Peninsula.