Seismic amplitude tomography for crustal attenuation beneath China

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 223-234

  Hearn, Thomas M ^b   Wang, Suyun ^a   Pei, Shunping ^c   Xu, Zhonghuai ^a   Ni, James F ^b   Yu, Yanxiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Crustal structure; Seismic attenuation; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FOLD BELT; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE;

ASIA; CHINA; DA HINGGAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ORDOS; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN BASIN; SONGPAN-GANZI BASIN; YUNNAN;

EID: 45249124057     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03776.x     Document Type: Article

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