Deep seismic reflection evidence for continental underthrusting beneath southern Tibet

Nature

Volumn 366, Issue 6455, 1993, Pages 557-559

  Zhao, Wenjin ^a   Nelson, K D ^b   Che, J ^a   Quo, J ^c   Lu, D ^d   Wu, C ^e   Liu, X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^d Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENT-CONTINENT COLLISIONS; CONTINENTAL UNDERTHRUSTING; DEEP SEISMIC REFLECTION; TIBET;

GEOLOGY;

MOHO;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY; UNDERTHRUSTING;

CHINA, TIBET;

EID: 0027913089     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/366557a0     Document Type: Article

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