Earthquake relocation and three-dimensional crustal structure of P-wave velocity in central-western China

Acta Seismologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 19-29

  Yang, Zhixian ^a   Yu, Xiangwei ^a   Zheng, Yuejun ^b   Chen, Yuntai ^a   Ni, Xiaoxi ^c   Chan, Winston ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Multimax Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D P wave velocity structure; Central western China; Earthquake relocation; Simultaneous inversion

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ALGORITHM; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; P-WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 5044224337     PISSN: 02533782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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