Anisotropy of the upper mantle in Chinese mainland and its vicinity

Acta Seismologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 347-348

  Liu, Xiqiang ^a   Zhou, Huilan ^b   Li, Hong ^a   Ji, Aidong ^a  

^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: 0039296108     PISSN: 02533782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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