Seismic structure in the northeastern South China Sea: S-wave velocity and Vp/Vs ratios derived from three-component OBS data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 480, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 183-197

  Zhao, Minghui ^a   Qiu, Xuelin ^a   Xia, Shaohong ^a   Xu, Huilong ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Wang, Tan K ^b   Lee, Chao Shing ^b   Xia, Kanyuan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Converted S wave; Crustal structure; The northeastern South China Sea; Vp Vs ratios

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL VELOCITY; GEOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; HIGH VELOCITY; LOWER CRUST; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MESOZOIC; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; OBS DATA; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE VELOCITY; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; THE NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; THREE-COMPONENT; UNDERPLATING; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANIC ARC; WAVE MODELS; ZHEJIANG;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL BURST SWITCHING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PETROGRAPHY; ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 72649100653     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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