Deep structure and origin of the Baikal rift zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 681-691

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Lei, Jianshe ^a   Inoue, Tomofumi ^a   Yamada, Akira ^a   Gao, Stephen S ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baikal rift zone; India Asia collision; Mantle upwelling; Plume; Teleseismic tomography

Indexed keywords

BAIKAL RIFT ZONE; INDIA-ASIA COLLISION; MANTLE UPWELLING; TELESEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

TECTONICS;

RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

BAIKAL RIFT ZONE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33644927508     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.033     Document Type: Article

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