Crustal structure variations in northeast India from converted phases

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Kumar, M Ravi ^a   Raju, P Solomon ^a   Devi, E Uma ^a   Saul, J ^b   Ramesh, D S ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

7200 Seismology: 7205 Seismology continental crust (1242); 7218 Seismology: Lithosphere and upper mantle; 8110 Tectonophysics: Earth's interior composition and state (1212)

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL SIGNATURES; TELESEISMIC RECEIVER FUNCTIONS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING; POISSON RATIO;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

CONVERGENCE ZONES; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; INDIAN SHIELDS; NORTHEAST INDIA; STATION NETWORK; TECTONIC FORCES; TELESEISMIC RECEIVER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 9744224271     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020576     Document Type: Article

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