Crustal structure of China from deep seismic sounding profiles

Tectonophysics

Volumn 288, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 105-113

  Li, Songlin ^a,b   Mooney, Walter D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Crustal structure; Deep seismic imaging

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC IMAGING;

CHINA;

EID: 0031817934     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00287-4     Document Type: Article

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