Distinct variations of crustal shear wave velocity structure and radial anisotropy beneath the North China Craton and tectonic implications

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-38

  Cheng, Cheng ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Yao, Huajian ^b   Jiang, Mingming ^a   Wang, Bingyu ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient noise tomography; Crustal deformation; Crustal shear velocity; North China Craton; Radial anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; GREEN FUNCTION; MAGMATISM; S-WAVE; SEISMIC NOISE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY;

BOHAI SEA; BOHAIWAN BASIN; CHINA;

EID: 84869880455     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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