Uppermost mantle structure and its relation with seismic activity in the central Tien Shan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Xu, Yi ^a   Li, Zhiwei ^a   Roecker, Steven W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMICITY; UPPERMOST MANTLE STRUCTURE;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

LITHOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; EARTHQUAKE; MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 34447504367     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029708     Document Type: Article

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