Elevation of the 410 km discontinuity beneath the centra Tien Shan: Evidence for a detached lithospheric root

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1531-1534

  Chen, Y H ^a   Roecker, S W ^a   Kosarev, G L ^b  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

DISCONTINUITY; LITHOSPHERE;

GEOPHYSICS; EARTH SCIENCES;

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHINA, TIEN SHAN; KIRGHIZIA, TIEN SHAN;

410-KM DISCONTINUITY; DELAY TIME; EARLY ARRIVAL; KYRGYZSTAN; LITHOSPHERIC; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0031160875     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01434     Document Type: Article

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