The reconstruction of preliminary three-dimensional earth's model and its implications in China and adjacent regions

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

  Zhu, Jie Shou ^a   Cao, Jia Min ^a   Li, Xian Gui ^a   Zhou, Bin ^a  

^a Chengdu Institute of Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Blocks dividing in lithospheres; China; Downwelling superplume of lower mantle; Three dimensional structure of earth

Indexed keywords

MARBLE PLUME; PLANETARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031399612     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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