Receiver functions in northeast China - implications for slab penetration into the lower mantle in northwest Pacific subduction zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 679-691

  Li, Xueqing ^a   Yuan, Xiaohui ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ps conversion; Receiver function; Slab; Subduction zone; Upper mantle discontinuity

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; LOWER MANTLE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0347577871     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00555-7     Document Type: Article

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