High-resolution Rayleigh wave slowness tomography of central Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Maceira, Mónica ^a,b   Taylor, Steven R ^a   Ammon, Charles J ^b   Yang, Xiaoning ^a   Velasco, Aaron A ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 24644488740     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003429     Document Type: Article

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