Resolving crustal thickness using SS waveform stacks

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1128-1137

  Rychert, Catherine A ^a   Shearer, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Body waves; Crustal structure

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; INTERFACE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC METHOD; STACKING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA;

EID: 77949993300     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04497.x     Document Type: Article

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