Crust-mantle structure and seismogenic background of Wenchuan M S8. 0 earthquake in Western Sichuan area

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 356-364

  Yang, Hai Yan ^a   Hu, Jia Fu ^a   Zhao, Hong ^a   Su, You Jin ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF YUNNAN PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Moveout correction; Receiver function; S wave velocity structure; Seismogenic background

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EARTHQUAKE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 67649233142     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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