Dynamic modeling for crustal deformation in China: Comparisons between the theoretical prediction and the recent GPS data

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 201-207

  Wang, Jian ^a   Ye, Zheng Ren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal movement; Finite element method; India Eurasia collision; Mantle convection

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR STRESS;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; INDIA-EURASIA COLLISION; MANTLE CONVECTION;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GPS; GRAVITY FIELD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MODELING;

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

EID: 33646521296     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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