Vp and Vp/Vs structures in the crust and upper mantle of the Taiwan region, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 975-983

  Li, Zhi Wei ^a   Xu, Yi ^a   Hao, Tian Yao ^a   Xu, Ya ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Lithosphere structure; Pwave velocity; Taiwan region; Tomography; Vp Vs ratio

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; CENTRAL RANGES; EURASIAN PLATES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUES; JOINT INVERSION; LATERAL HETEROGENEITY; LITHOSPHERE STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; OCEANIC PLATE; PARTIAL MELTING; PWAVE VELOCITY; RAY TRACING CALCULATIONS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHALLOW DEPTHS; TAIWAN REGION; TOMOGRAPHIC; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE; VP/VS RATIO; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVESPEED;

EARTHQUAKES; PIPE FLOW; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; EURASIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 67650866239     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0091-2     Document Type: Article

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