A crustal model of the ultrahigh-pressure Dabie Shan orogenic belt, China, derived from deep seismic refraction profiling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B5, 2000, Pages 10857-10869

  Wang, Chun Yong ^a,b   Zeng, Rong Sheng ^a,b   Mooney, W D ^a   Hacker, B R ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; DABIE SHAN;

EID: 0034630674     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900415     Document Type: Article

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