S-wave velocity structure of the Longmen Shan and Wenchuan earthquake area

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 329-338

  Xu, Yi ^a   Huang, Rui Qiu ^b   Li, Zhi Wei ^a   Xu, Ya ^a   Liu, Jin Song ^a   Liu, Jian Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Longmen shan; S wave velocity; Seismic tomography; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 67649210334     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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