Shear wave splitting in Himalaya

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1437-1447

  Liao, Wu Lin ^a   Ding, Zhi Feng ^a   Zeng, Rong Sheng ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Hamalaya; Lateral heterogeneous

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; EURASIAN PLATE; INDIAN PLATE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 38849171755     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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