A study on SKS wave splitting beneath the China mainland and adjacent regions

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 812-821

  Luo, Yan ^a   Huang, Zhong Xian ^a   Peng, Yan Ju ^a   Zheng, Yue Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Continental dynamics; Fast wave polarization direction; SKS wave splitting

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SPLITTING;

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

EID: 12944281485     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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