Middle and upper crust shear-wave velocity structure of the Chinese mainland

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-369

  Feng, Mei ^a   An, Mei Jian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Sedimentary basins; Shallow crust; Shear wave velocity; Surface wave tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849102849     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-007-0359-6     Document Type: Article

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