Crust and upper mantle tomographic structure across the Altyn fault zone using teleseismic P-waves

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-350

  Da Nian, Shi ^a   Mei, Jiang ^a   Kai Yi, Ma ^a   Guang Qi, Xue ^a   Ying Jun, Dong ^a   Poupinet, G ^b   Wittlinger, G ^c   Herquel, G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre   (France)

Author keywords

Altyn fault zone; Crust and upper mantle structure; P wave travel time residuals; Teleseismic tomography

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 0343920709     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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