Lithospheric structure and its relationship to seismic and volcanic activity in southwest China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Huang, Jinli ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^b   Zheng, Sihua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active faults; Active volcanoes; Lithosphere; Seismic structure; Seismic tomography; Southwest China

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM;

(SOUTHWEST); CHINA;

EID: 0037058195     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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