Rayleigh wave tomography of China and adjacent regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Huang, Zhongxian ^a   Su, Wei ^a   Peng, Yanju ^a   Zheng, Yuejun ^a   Li, Hongyi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Surface wave; Tomography; Upper mantle; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

CHINA;

EID: 0037929686     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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