Determination of the crustal structure in southern Tibet by dispersion and amplitude analysis of Rayleigh waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 809-819

  Cotte, N ^a   Pedersen, H ^a   Campillo, M ^a   Mars, J ^a   Ni, J F ^b   Kind, R ^c   Sandvol, E ^d   Zhao, W ^e  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amplitude variations; Dispersion; Rayleigh waves; Southern Tibet; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 0032694137     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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