Study on crustal thickness and velocity ratio in mid-western North China Craton

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2213-2224

  Liu, Qiong Lin ^a   Wang, Chun Yong ^a   Yao, Zhi Xiang ^a   Chang, Li Jun ^a   Lou, Hai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal thickness; North China craton; Receiver function; Velocity ratio

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FELSIC ROCK; MAFIC ROCK; MOUNTAIN REGION; SEISMIC DATA; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

CHINA; HEBEI; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; ORDOS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS; YAN SHAN;

EID: 80054958178     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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