INDEPTH III seismic data: From surface observations to deep crustal processes in Tibet

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Haines, Seth S ^a   Klemperer, Simon L ^a   Brown, Larry ^b   Jingru, Guo ^b   Mechie, James ^c   Meissner, Rolf ^d   Ross, Andrew ^e   Wenjin, Zhao ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

INDEPTH; Plateau; Seismic; Tectonics; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CHINA; TIBET;

EID: 0038343130     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC001305     Document Type: Article

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