The crustal structure from the Altai Mountains to the Altyn Tagh fault, northwest China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Wang, Youxue ^a,b   Mooney, Walter D ^b   Yuan, Xuecheng ^c   Coleman, Robert G ^d  

^a Material Engineering Department   (China)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Compression; Crustal structure; Indo Asian collision; Seismic refraction

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

(NORTHWEST); ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ALTYN TAGH FAULT; CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; TARIM BASIN; TIANSHAN;

EID: 18244427517     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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