Crustal structure along the Lawrencepur-Astor profile in the northwest Himalayas

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1257-1277

  Bhukta, Subrata K ^a   Sain, K ^a   Tewari, H C ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Inversion; Parameter; Travel time; Velocity; Wide angle

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 33746467968     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0070-x     Document Type: Article

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