Anisotropy in crust and upper mantle beneath China continent and its adjacent seas

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 752-759

  Peng, Yan Ju ^a   Huang, Zhong Xian ^a   Su, Wei ^a   Zheng, Yue Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China continent and adjacent seas; Crust; Polarization anisotropy; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EURASIAN PLATE; INDIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERE; LOVE WAVE; POLARIZATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 34548089905     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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