Three-dimensional velocity structure of crust and upper mantle in southwestern China and its tectonic implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Wang, Chun Yong ^a   Chan, W Winston ^b   Mooney, Walter D ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Multimax Inc   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D velocity structure; Moho discontinuity; Network method; Plate collision; Regional earthquakes; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMOTECTONICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHINA; SICHUAN PROVINCE; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0346899300     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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