Multi-scale tomography for crustal P and S velocities in southern California

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-302

  Zhou, Hua Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Crust; Inversion; Multi scale; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842279625     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2444-7     Document Type: Article

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