Crustal and uppermost mantle S velocity structure under Hi-CLIMB seismic array in central Tibetan Plateau from joint inversion of surface wave dispersion and receiver function data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 584, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-220

  Xu, Zhen J ^a   Song, Xiaodong ^a   Zhu, Lupei ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal low velocity zone; Hi CLIMB; Moho; Receiver function; Surface wave; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

HI-CLIMB; LOW VELOCITY ZONES; MOHO; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

DISPERSION (WAVES); SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY;

SURFACE WAVES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; GEOPHYSICAL ARRAY; MOHO; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUTURE ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY PROFILE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE DISPERSION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84872412861     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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