A study on SKS splitting beneath the Yunnan region

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-204

  Chang, Li Jun ^a   Wang, Chun Yong ^a   Ding, Zhi Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Delay time; Digital seismograph network; Fast wave polarization direction

Indexed keywords

S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOGRAPH; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YUNNAN;

EID: 33744965139     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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