3-D shear wave velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle in South China Sea and its surrounding regions by surface wave dispersion analysis

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 5-27

  Wu, Hsin Hung ^a   Tsai, Yi Ben ^a   Lee, Tung Yi ^b   Lo, Ching Hua ^c   Hsieh, Chao Hui ^d   Toan, Dinh Van ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Natl Ctr Nat Sci/Technol   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

3 D shear wave velocity structure; Constrained block inversion method

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LITHOLOGY; SEISMOGRAPHS; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; TECTONICS;

BROADBAND SEISMOGRAMS; CONSTRAINED BLOCK INVERSION METHOD; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION CURVE; LOVE WAVE; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SURFACE WAVE DISPERSION ANALYSIS; WAVE INVERSION METHOD;

GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WORLD;

EID: 25844477434     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-005-0730-8     Document Type: Article

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