A study of azimuthal P residuals and shear-wave splitting across the Kunlun range ( Northern Tibetan plateau)

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 167-174

  Guilbert, J ^a   Poupinet, G ^a   Mei, Jiang ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SYSTEM; GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; LITHOSPHERE DEFORMATION; P WAVE; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

CHINA, QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU, KUNLUN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029729339     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03120-0     Document Type: Article

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