Crustal P-wave velocity structure from Altyn Tagh to Longmen mountains along the Taiwan-Altay geoscience transect

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-106

  Wang, You Xue ^a   Mooney, W D ^b   Han, Guo Hua ^a   Yuan, Xue Cheng ^c   Jiang, Mei ^d  

^a Material Engineering Department   (China)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Geosciences   (China)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh Longmen mountains; Crustal P wave velocity structure; Geoscience transect

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 24044437200     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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