Mantle structure from inter-station Rayleigh wave dispersion and its tectonic implication in western China and neighboring regions

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-54

  Yao, Huajian ^a   Xu, Guoming ^a   Zhu, Liangbao ^a   Xiao, Xiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Inter station; Phase velocity; Rayleigh wave; Western China and neighboring regions

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVES;

MANTLE STRUCTURES; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE DISPERSION;

RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

MANTLE STRUCTURE; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 10644260514     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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