Receiver function tomography of the central Tien Shan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 131-146

  Vinnik, Lev P ^a   Reigber, Christoph ^b   Aleshin, Igor M ^a   Kosarev, Grigoriy L ^a   Kaban, Mikhail K ^b   Oreshin, Sergey I ^a   Roecker, Steven W ^c  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; Moho; Receiver functions; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 4344680275     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.039     Document Type: Article

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