S-wave residuals from earthquakes in the Tibetan region and lateral variations in the upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 68-77

  Molnar, Peter ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE FLOW; EARTHQUAKE DATA; MANTLE (UPPER); S WAVE RESIDUAL; SEISMOLOGY;

CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0025661025     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(90)90125-H     Document Type: Article

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