Sn wave tomography in the uppermost mantle beneath the China continent and adjacent regions

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 250-256

  Pei, Shun Ping ^a   Xu, Zhong Huai ^b   Wang, Su Yun ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China continent; Pn velocity; Sn velocity; Tomography

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 4143100368     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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