Seismic tomographic imaging of the crust and upper mantle under the central and western Tien Shan orogenic belt

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Lei, Jianshe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BASEMENT ROCK; COLLISION ZONE; CRUST; FAULT; IMAGING METHOD; OROGENIC BELT; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE VELOCITY;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 80052986252     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008000     Document Type: Article

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