Lithospheric thickness beneath the Dabie Shan, central eastern China from S receiver functions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1363-1367

  Sodoudi, Foroug ^a   Yuan, X ^a   Liu, Q ^b   Kind, R ^a,c   Chen, J ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Crust; Lithosphere; Mantle; S receiver function

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRATON; IMAGE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; OROGENY;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33747605580     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03080.x     Document Type: Article

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