Joint inversion for crustal and Pn velocities and Moho depth in Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Tectonophysics

Volumn 491, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 185-193

  Xu, Zhen J ^a   Song, Xiaodong ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Joint inversion; Pn velocity; Tectonic deformation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; AVERAGE MODEL; CLASSICAL PROBLEMS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GOOD DATA; ITERATIVE SCHEMES; JOINT INVERSION; LOWER CRUST; MOHO DEPTH; POISSON'S RATIO; RAPID VARIATION; RAY-TRACING METHOD; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SICHUAN BASIN; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; UPPER CRUST;

DEFORMATION; POISSON RATIO; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

VELOCITY;

ARRIVAL TIME; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; JOINT; MOHO; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77955429782     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.11.022     Document Type: Article

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