Contrasts in regional seismic wave propagation to station WMQ in central Asia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-56

  Zhao, Cuiping ^a   Kennett, B L N ^a   Furumura, T ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lg blockage; Numerical modelling; Pseudospectral method; Regional seismic phases; Tibet; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0142057092     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02000.x     Document Type: Article

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