Shear wave anisotropy of the upper mantle beneath the Tingri of Tibet to Golmud of Qinghai

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 296-297

  Shi, Danian ^a   Dong, Yingjun ^a   Jiang, Mei ^a   Zhao, Hong ^a   Poupinet, Georges ^b   Hirn, Alfred ^c   Nercessian, Alexandre ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b Lab Geophysique Int T   (France)

^c IPG Paris   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Evolution of the continent; Natural earthquake; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE; UPLIFT;

CHINA, QINGHAI PROVINCE, GOLMAD; CHINA, TIBET, TINGRI;

EID: 0030407438     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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