Surface wave velocity structure of the western Himalayan syntaxis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1866-1877

  Hanna, A C ^a   Weeraratne, D S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic tomography; Subduction zone processes; Surface waves and free oscillations; Tectonics and climatic interactions

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS OF LITHOSPHERE AND MANTLES; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESS; SURFACE WAVES AND FREE OSCILLATIONS; TECTONICS AND CLIMATIC INTERACTIONS;

PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PHASE VELOCITY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY;

TECTONICS;

COLLISION ZONE; INDIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER CRUST; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHINA; GILGIT-BALTISTAN; HIMALAYAS; NANGA PARBAT; PAKISTAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84882619989     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt203     Document Type: Article

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