Uppermost mantle velocities beneath China and surrounding regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

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

  Hearn, Thomas M ^a   Wang, Suyun ^b   Ni, James F ^a   Xu, Zhonghuai ^b   Yu, Yanxiang ^b   Zhang, Xiaodong ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Pn; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; P-WAVE; RIFTING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 14344261868     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002874     Document Type: Article

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