Discussion on origin of Pn velocity variation in China and adjacent region

Acta Seismologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Pei, Shunping ^a   Xu, Zhonghuai ^b   Wang, Suyun ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; China and adjacent region; Pn; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 4143093041     PISSN: 02533782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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