S-wave velocity structure of northeastern China from joint inversion of Rayleigh wave phase and group velocities

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-115

  Li, Yonghua ^a   Wu, Qingju ^a   Pan, Jiatie ^a   Sun, Lian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Crustal structure; Seismic tomography; Surface waves and free oscillations

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; ASIA; BROAD BANDS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FREE OSCILLATION; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; JOINT INVERSION; LATERAL RESOLUTION; LINEAR INVERSION; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LOW VELOCITIES; LOWER CRUST; NE CHINA; PHASE AND GROUP VELOCITIES; RAY PATHS; RAYLEIGH; S-WAVE VELOCITY; S-WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SONGLIAO BASIN; UPPERMOST MANTLE; VOLCANIC REGION; WAVE PHASE; WAVELET TRANSFORMATIONS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; LITHOLOGY; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LIGHT VELOCITY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BROADBAND DATA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OSCILLATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 84862170795     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05503.x     Document Type: Article

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