The P-wave velocity structure of the crust-mantle transition zone in the continent of China

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 268-276

  Lin, Ge ^a   Wang, Yanghua ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continent of China; Crust mantle transition zone (CMTZ); Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144460646     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/2/3/010     Document Type: Article

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