The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary in the Tien Shan-Karakoram region from S receiver functions: Evidence for continental subduction

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Kumar, P ^a,b   Yuan, X ^a   Kind, R ^a,c   Kosarev, G ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION; SURFACE WAVE TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE ENERGY;

WAVE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KARAKORAM; SOUTH ASIA; TIEN SHAN; WORLD;

CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTIONS; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; LOWER BOUNDARY; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; OROGENIC BELTS; S-RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SURFACE-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 21844480428     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022291     Document Type: Article

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