Partially molten middle crust beneath southern Tibet: Synthesis of project INDEPTH results

Science

Volumn 274, Issue 5293, 1996, Pages 1684-1685

  Nelson, K D ^a   Zhao, Wenjin ^b   Brown, L D ^c   Kuo, J ^d   Che, Jinkai ^b   Liu, Xianwen ^b   Klemperer, S L ^e   Makovsky, Y ^e   Meissner, R ^f   Mechie, J ^g   Kind, R ^g   Wenzel, F ^h   Ni, J ⁱ   Nabelek, J ^j   Chen, Leshou ^k   Tan, Handong ^k   Wei, Wenbo ^k   Jones, A G ^l   Booker, J ^m   Unsworth, M ^m   Kidd, W S F ⁿ   Hauck, M ^c   Alsdorf, D ^c   Ross, A ^c   Cogan, M ^a   Wu, Changde ^a   Sandvol, E ⁱ   Edwards, M ⁿ   more..

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

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

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^g GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

ⁱ NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^l GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁿ STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRUSTAL THICKENING; INDEPTH PROJECT; MOLTEN LAYER; NEOGENE; UNDERTHRUSTING;

CHINA, TIBET;

EID: 0030430938     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5293.1684     Document Type: Article

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65. Project INDEPTH was supported by the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources of China, U.S. National Science Foundation Continental Dynamics Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ), Germany. We thank the personnel of the 4th and 5th Geophysical Exploration companies of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources for their efforts on the behalf of Project INDEPTH. Institute for the Study of the Continents Contribution No. 235. Geological Survey of Canada Contribution No. 1996195.