Lithospheric and upper mantle structure of southern Tibet from a seismological passive source experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 27491-27500

  Yuan, Xiaohui ^a,b   Ni, James ^c   Kind, Rainer ^a,b   Mechie, James ^a   Sandvol, Eric ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHINA, TIBET;

EID: 0031448385     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02379     Document Type: Article

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