Correlation between seismic anisotropy and Bouguer gravity anomalies in Tibet and its implications for lithospheric structures

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-101

  Chen, Wang Ping ^a   Özalaybey, Serdar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY ANOMALY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

CHINA;

EID: 0032423517     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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