Crustal structure beneath China from receiver function analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Youlin ^a   Niu, Fenglin ^b   Liu, Ruifeng ^c   Huang, Zhibin ^c   Tkalčić, Hrvoje ^d   Sun, Li ^c   Chan, Winston ^a  

^a Array Information Technology   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MOHO; POISSON RATIO; SEISMICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TRADE-OFF; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84863337881     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006386     Document Type: Article

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