Constraining P-wave velocity variations in the upper mantle beneath Southeast Asia

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-195

  Li, Chang ^a   van der Hilst, Robert D ^a   Toksöz, M Nafi ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal correction; P wave tomography; SE Asia; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; LITHOLOGY; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

CRUSTAL CORRECTION; LITHOSPHERE; P-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; UPPER MANTLE;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 31744443387     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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