Deep features of continental collision belts in northwestern China and their dynamic implications

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-52

  Xu, Y ^a   Liu, F T ^a   Liu, J H ^a   Chen, H ^a   Sun, R M ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Lithosphere; Qinghai Xizang Plateau; Seismic tomography; Western orogenic belt

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0034989791     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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