Teleseismic P-wave tomography of the crust and upper mantle in Longmenshan area, west Sichuan

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 346-355

  Guo, Biao ^a   Liu, Qi Yuan ^a   Chen, Jiu Hui ^a   Liu, Li Shen ^b   Li, Shun Cheng ^a   Li, Yu ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Qi, Shao Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Hongshan Central Seismic Station   (China)

Author keywords

Longmenshan; Movable seismic array; Seismic tomography; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

CRUST; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 67649202265     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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