Anisotropy of the upper mantle in Chinese mainland and its vicinity

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 359-370

  Liu, Xi Qiang ^a   Zhou, Hui Lan ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Ji, Ai Dong ^b  

^a EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SHANDONG PROVINCE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of upper mantle; Error estimation method; Identification methods; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034852590     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-001-0114-3     Document Type: Article

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