Teleseismic receiver function and surface-wave study of velocity structure beneath the Yanqing-Huailai Basin northwest of Beijing

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1937-1952

  Rong Mao, Zhou ^a   Stump, Brian W ^b   Herrmann, Robert B ^c   Zhi Xian, Y ^d   Yun Tai, Chen ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Saint Louis University   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN SEDIMENTS; BROADBAND SEISMIC NETWORK; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA SETS; EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY; GLOBAL MODELS; JOINT INVERSION; LOW-VELOCITY; LOW-VELOCITY LAYERS; LOW-VELOCITY ZONE; NEW MODEL; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC STUDIES; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SHEAR VELOCITY MODELS; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE DISPERSION; SURFACE-WAVE; TELESEISMIC EVENTS; TELESEISMIC RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY GRADIENTS; VELOCITY MODEL; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SURFACE WAVES;

VELOCITY;

AZIMUTH; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA INVERSION; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MOHO; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; HUAILAI; YANQING;

EID: 69549126531     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080277     Document Type: Article

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