Velocity variations in the crust and upper mantle beneath the Tien Shan inferred from Rayleigh wave dispersion: Implications for tectonic and dynamic processes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B2, 1998, Pages 2693-2703

  Mahdi, Hanan ^a   Pavlis, Gary L ^b  

^a ENSCO INC   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 0031821906     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03250     Document Type: Article

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