Crustal structure of the eastern Dabie Shan interpreted from deep reflection and shallow tomographic data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 333, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 347-359

  Schmid, R ^a   Ryberg, T ^b   Ratschbacher, L ^c   Schulze, A ^b   Franz, L ^c   Oberhansli R ^a   Dong, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dabie Shan; Reflection seismology; Tan Lu Fault; Tomography; Ultrahigh pressure

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA;

EID: 0035014991     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00023-3     Document Type: Article

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