Measuring the seismic properties of Tibetan bright spots: Evidence for free aqueous fluids in the Tibetan middle crust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B5, 1999, Pages 10795-10825

  Makovsky, Yizhaq ^a,b   Klemperer, Simon L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Paradigm Geophysical   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CRUSTAL FLUID; HEAT FLOW; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SOLID SOLUTION;

CHINA; TIBET;

EID: 0033542013     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900074     Document Type: Article

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