Using shear wave splitting measurements to investigate the upper mantle anisotropy beneath the North China Craton: Distinct variation from east to west

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Zhao, Liang ^a   Zheng, Tianyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

LITHOSPHERE; NORTH CHINA CRATON (NCC); SPLITTING MEASUREMENTS; UPPER MANTLE ANISOTROPY;

SHEAR WAVES;

CRATON; MANTLE; POLARIZATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; WAVE SPLITTING;

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

EID: 22444445018     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022585     Document Type: Article

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