Crustal thickening and variations in architecture from the Qaidam basin to the Qang Tang (North-Central Tibetan Plateau) from wide-angle reflection seismology

Tectonophysics

Volumn 412, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 121-140

  Jiang, M ^a   Galve A ^b,c   Hirn, A ^b   de Voogd, B ^d   Laigle, M ^b   Su, H P ^a   Diaz, J ^e   Lepine J C ^b   Wang, Y X ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Geosciences   (China)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composition; Crustal structure; Explosion seismology; Seismic attenuation; Seismic velocity; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 30344477252     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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