Lateral heterogeneity in the upper mantle beneath the Tibetan plateau and its surroundings from SS-S travel time residuals

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Dricker, I G ^a   Roecker, S W ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian tectonics; Continental collisions; Lithosphere; SS; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMOTECTONICS; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0037880403     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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