Structure of the crust and uppermost mantle from broadband seismic array in the western Dabie Mountains, east central China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-212

  Li, Hua ^a   Wang, Liang Shu ^a   Li, Cheng ^a   Liu, Fu Tian ^b   Hu, De Zhao ^a   Yu, Da Yong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Dabie Mountains; Lithosphere structure; Receiver functions; S wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; EARTHQUAKES; FUNCTIONS; LANDFORMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VELOCITY;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DABIE MOUNTAINS; HIGH VELOCITIES; LITHOSPHERE STRUCTURE; LOW-VELOCITY ZONES; LOWER CRUSTS; NORTH CHINAS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S-WAVE VELOCITY; S-WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURES; SEISMIC ARRAYS; SHEAR ZONES; TELESEISMIC EVENTS; UPPER MANTLES; UPPERMOST MANTLES; VELOCITY GRADIENTS; YANGTZE PLATES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; PLATE TECTONICS; S-WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HENAN; TONGBAI; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 59149099106     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0017-z     Document Type: Article

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