High resolution Rayleigh wave phase velocity tomography in northern North China

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 647-658

  Wang, Weilai ^a   Wu, Jianping ^a   Fang, Lihua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Crustal structure; Surface waves and free oscillations; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BROAD BANDS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ACTIVITY; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GRID-SPACINGS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH VELOCITY; JIZHONG DEPRESSION; LOW VELOCITIES; LOW-VELOCITY ANOMALY; NORTH CHINA; NORTH CHINA BASIN; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMIC ARRAYS; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; STUDY AREAS; TECTONIC FEATURES; TECTONIC MOVEMENTS; TELESEISMIC; TOMOGRAPHIC; TOMOGRAPHIC MAPS; UPPER CRUST; VELOCITY DIFFERENCE; VELOCITY DISPERSION; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

IGNEOUS ROCKS; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

TECTONICS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BROADBAND DATA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC SETTING; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 84862794646     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05381.x     Document Type: Article

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