Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow beneath northeast China inferred from regional seismic networks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Li, Juan ^a,b   Niu, Fenglin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRATON; DEFORMATION; FOLD BELT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MAGMATISM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; VOLCANISM; WAVE SPLITTING;

CHINA;

EID: 79251536212     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007470     Document Type: Article

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