Seismic tomography beneath the Dabie-Sulu collision orogen-3-D velocity structures of lithosphere

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 377-385

  Xu, Pei Fen ^a   Liu, Fu Tian ^a   Wang, Qing Chen ^a   Cong, Bo Lin ^a   Chen, Hui ^a   Sun, Ruo Mei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

3 D velocity structure; Dabie Sulu orogenic belt; Seismic tomography; Slab breakoff; Subducted Yangtze block

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CRUST; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033939648     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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