Teleseismic imaging of subducting lithosphere and Moho offsets beneath western Tibet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 117-130

  Wittlinger, G ^a   Vergne, J ^a   Tapponnier, P ^a   Farra, V ^a   Poupinet, G ^a   Jiang, M ^b   Su, H ^b   Herquel, G ^a   Paul, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Continental subduction; Crust; Moho steps; Teleseismic signals; Upper mantle structure; Western Tibet

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; PLATE BOUNDARY; TECTONIC SETTING; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 2342431510     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00723-4     Document Type: Article

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