Seismic polarization anisotropy beneath the central Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B12, 2000, Pages 27979-27989

  Huang, Wei Chuang ^a   Ni, James F ^a   Tilmann, Frederik ^a   Nelson, Doug ^b   Guo, Jingru ^c   Zhao, Wenjin ^c   Mechie, James ^d   Kind, Rainer ^d   Saul, Joachim ^d   Rapine, Richard ^a   Hearn, Thomas M ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0034474182     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900339     Document Type: Article

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