Shear wave velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle in western China and its adjacent area

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 193-208

  Xu, Guo Ming ^a   Yao, Hua Jian ^a   Zhu, Liang Bao ^a   Shen, Yu Song ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Interstation method; Surface wave inversion; The cruse and upper mantle; Western China

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY;

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

EID: 34250732971     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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