Seismic properties and densities of middle and lower crustal rocks exposed along the North China geoscience transect

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 439-455

  Kern, Hartmut ^a   Gao, Shan ^b,c   Liu, Qing Shen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Crust; Mafic granulites; North China craton; P waves; S waves; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

CRUST; DENSITY; P WAVE; S WAVE; SEISMIC PROPERTIES; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHINA, NORTH CHINA CRATON;

EID: 0029749924     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(95)00240-D     Document Type: Article

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