The Poisson ratio and crustal structure across the NE Tibetan Plateau determined from receiver functions

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1359-1368

  Li, Young Hua ^a   Wu, Qing Ju ^a   An, Zhang Hui ^a   Tian, Xiao Bo ^b   Zeng, Rong Sheng ^a   Zhang, Rui Qing ^a   Li, Hong Guang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Poisson ratio; Receiver functions; The NE Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND DATA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 33845692067     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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