Thinning and flow of Tibetan crust constrained by seismic anisotropy

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5681, 2004, Pages 233-236

  Shapiro, Nikolai M ^a   Ritzwoller, Michael H ^a   Molnar, Peter ^a   Levin, Vadim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALS; DEFORMATION; TENSORS;

PLATEAU; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MICA;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THINNING; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CRYSTAL; EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; INTERFEROMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

MICA;

EID: 3042805466     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1098276     Document Type: Article

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