Tomographic inversion of Pn travel times in China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1-19

  Liang, Chuntao ^a   Song, Xiaodong ^a,b   Huang, Jinli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Pn; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME;

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

EID: 14344255384     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002789     Document Type: Review

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