Pn velocity variation beneath China mainland and deep structure background for major earthquake generation

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 779-785

  Wang, Suyun ^a   Xu, Zhonghuai ^a   Pei, Shunping ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; China mainland; Major earthquake generation; Pn velocity; Seismology; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; P-WAVE; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 2342423749     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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