Global surface wave phase velocity variations and their tectonic implications

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 190-192

  Zhang, Yu Shen ^a,b   Ma, Shi Zhuang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Phase velocity variation; Seismic surface wave; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE; TECTONICS;

EID: 0030733323     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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