Heat flow pattern and lateral variations of lithosphere strength in China mainland: Constraints on active deformation

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 121-146

  Wang, Y ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; China; Heat flow; Lithosphere; Rheology; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; STRENGTH;

CHINA;

EID: 0035169136     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00251-5     Document Type: Article

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