Crustal structure along the geosciences transect from Altay to Altun Tagh

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 240-249

  Wang, You Xue ^a   Han, Guo Hua ^a   Jiang, Mei ^b   Yuan, Xue Cheng ^c   Mooney, Walter D ^d   Coleman, Robert G ^e  

^a Material Engineering Department   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Geosciences   (China)

^c CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altay Altun Tagh; Crustal structure; Geoscience transect; Poisson's ratio

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 4143139886     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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