Crustal structures estimated from arrival differences of the first P-waves in Taiwan

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Lin, Cheng Horng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apparent velocity; Crustal structure; First arrival difference

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0030438772     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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