The lithospheric S-velocity structure of the western Yangtze craton inferred from surface waves inversion

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1757-1767

  Li, Yong Hua ^a   Wu, Qing Ju ^a   Zhang, Rui Qing ^a   Pan, Jia Tie ^a   Zhang, Feng Xue ^a   Zeng, Rong Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crust mantle velocity structure; Seismic anisotropy; Surface dispersions; Yangtze craton

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DATA INVERSION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SURFACE WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 70350767511     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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