Crust-mantle coupling in North China: Preliminary analysis from seismic anisotropy

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 31, 2010, Pages 3599-3605

  Gao, Yuan ^a   Wu, Jing ^b   Yi, Gui Xi ^c   Shi, Yu Tao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

crust mantle coupling; crustal principal compressive stress; North China; polarization direction of fast shear wave; seismic anisotropy; shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349283378     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4135-y     Document Type: Article

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