Modes of raising northeastern Tibet probed by explosion seismology

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-43

  Galvé, Audrey ^a   Hirn, Alfred ^a   Mei, Jiang ^b   Gallart, Josep ^c   De Voogd, Béatrice ^d   Lépine, Jean Claude ^a   Diaz, Jordi ^c   Youxue, Wang ^b   Hui, Qian ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Crust; P waves; Qinghai Xizang Plateau; Reflection; Refraction; S waves; Seismology

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL THICKENING; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMOLOGY;

CHINA;

EID: 0037108026     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00863-4     Document Type: Article

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