Seismic tomography of the crust and upper mantle structure underneath the Chinese Tianshan

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1693-1700

  Guo, Biao ^a   Liu, Qi Yuan ^a   Chen, Jiu Hui ^a   Zhao, Da Peng ^b   Li, Shun Cheng ^a   Lai, Yuan Gen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Seismic array; Seismic tomography; Tianshan orogenic belt

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 34047160115     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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