Crustal and upper mantle velocity structure in Yunnan, Southwest China

Tectonophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 171-185

  Zhang, Xi ^a   Wang, Yanghua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geodynamic implications; P wave velocity model; Southwest China; Wide angle seismic reflections; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMIC IMPLICATIONS; P-WAVE VELOCITY MODEL; SOUTHWEST CHINA; WIDE-ANGLE SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; YUNNAN;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DEFORMATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AZIMUTH; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMICS; LOWER CRUST; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 67349177491     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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