About the lithospheric structure of central Tibet, based on seismic data from the INDEPTH III profile

Tectonophysics

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-25

  Meissner, Rolf ^a   Tilmann, Frederik ^b   Haines, Seth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy and tectonic escape; Central Tibet; Crust mantle transition; Refraction seismics

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; FAULT ZONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 1442314090     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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