Shear-wave velocity structure of upper mantle under Taiwan from the array analysis of surface waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Hwang, Ruey Der ^a   Yu, Guey Kuen ^a,b  

^a VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVES; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CENTRAL RANGE (CR); EURASIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERE; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY;

SHEAR WAVES; SHEAR FLOW;

DATA INVERSION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

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

CENTRAL RANGES; EURASIAN PLATES; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; LOW VELOCITIES; LOW VELOCITY ZONES; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 21844442650     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021868     Document Type: Article

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