Complex images of Moho and variation of Vp/Vs across the Himalaya and South Tibet, from a joint receiver-function and wide-angle-reflection approach

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Galve A ^a,d   Sapin, M ^a   Hirn, A ^a   Diaz, J ^b   Lepine J C ^a   Laigle, M ^a   Gallart, J ^b   Jiang, M ^c  

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

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPLEX ARCHITECTURES; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SOUTH-TO-NORTH; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TELESEISMIC RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WIDE-ANGLE REFLECTION;

SHEAR WAVES;

EID: 0038404901     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015611     Document Type: Article

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