Crustal structure of northern and southern Tibet from surface wave dispersion analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Rapine, Richard ^a   Tilmann, Frederik ^a   West, Michael ^a   Ni, James ^a   Rodgers, Arthur ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Crustal velocity structure; Rayleigh waves; Surface wave; Tibet

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

CHINA; TIBET;

EID: 18144439778     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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