Lithospheric thickness of the Chinese continent

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 257-266

  An, Meijian ^a,b   Shi, Yaolin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese continent; Lithospheric thickness; S velocity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRATONS; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; UPPER-MANTLE TEMPERATURE;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PHANEROZOIC; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC SETTING; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33750519664     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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