Observation and study of shear wave anisotropy in Tibetan Plateau

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Ding, Zhi Feng ^a   Zeng, Rong Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; SKS wave splitting; Tibetan Plateau; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

EID: 5744253334     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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