Seismic evidence for stepwise thickening of the crust across the NE Tibetan plateau

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-33

  Vergne, J ^a   Wittlinger, G ^a   Hui, Qiang ^b   Tapponnier, Paul ^c   Poupinet, Georges ^d   Mei, Jiang ^b   Herquel, Georges ^a   Paul, Anne ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Crust; P Waves; Qinghai Xizang Plateau; S waves; Teleseismic signals; Velocity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 0037107875     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00853-1     Document Type: Article

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