Structure of the upper mantle and transition zone beneath Southeast Asia from traveltime tomography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Li, Chang ^a   Van Der Hilst, Robert D ^b  

^a HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DATA INVERSION; MANTLE PROCESS; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONE; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 77955651637     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006882     Document Type: Article

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