The crustal structure beneath the Shidao Station on Xisha Islands of South China Sea

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1720-1729

  Qiu, Xue Lin ^a   Zeng, Gang Ping ^b   Xu, Yi ^c   Hao, Tian Yao ^c   Li, Zhi Xiong ^b   Priestley, Keith ^d   McKenzie, Dan ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Earthquake Administration of Hainan Province   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal velocity structure; Shidao Station; South China Sea; Teleseismic receiver function; Xisha Islands

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PARACEL ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 34047114988     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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