Increase in melt fraction along a south-north traverse below the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from seismology

Tectonophysics

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 17-30

  Hirn, Alfred ^a   Sapin, Martine ^a   Lépine, Jean Claude ^a   Diaz, Jordi ^b   Mei, Jiang ^c  

^a Institute of Earth Physics   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Crust; Mantle; Melt; Seismology; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0030834818     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00286-7     Document Type: Article

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