Insight into modification of North China Craton from seismological study in the shandong province

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Zheng, T Y ^a   Zhao, L ^a   Xu, W W ^a   Zhu, R X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BUILDING MATERIALS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES; NORTH CHINA CRATONS; SHANDONG PROVINCES; STRUCTURAL FEATURES; TANLU FAULTS; TELESEISMIC; UPPER MANTLE ANISOTROPIES; VELOCITY STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; ARCHEAN; ASTHENOSPHERE; CRATON; FAULT ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANDONG;

EID: 60149101101     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035661     Document Type: Article

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