Crustal thickness and upper mantle velocities in the Tibetan Plateau region from the inversion of regional Pnl waveforms: evidence for a thick upper mantle lid beneath southern Tibet

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 95, Issue B8, 1990, Pages

  Holt, W E ^a   Wallace, T C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MANTLE (UPPER); SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC WAVEFORM INVERSION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TIBETAN PLATEAU;;

CHINA; TIBET;

EID: 0004367693     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/jb095ib08p12499     Document Type: Article

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