P-wave crustal velocity structure in western Sichuan and eastern Tibetan region

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue SUPP, 2003, Pages 254-265

  Wang, Chunyong ^a   Wu, Jianping ^a   Lou, Hai ^a   Zhou, Mindu ^a   Bai, Zhiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal and upper mantle structure; Deep seismic sounding; Low velocity zone; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

FOLD SYSTEM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EARTHQUAKES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 2342573561     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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