Seismic tomographic constraint on the northward subduction of the Indian Plate

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1156-1160

  Xue, Guangqi ^a   Su, Heping ^b   Qian, Hui ^b   Jiang, Mei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Himalayan; Thrust; Velocity

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; INDIAN PLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NEPAL; SAGA; SOUTH ASIA; XIZANG;

EID: 33846014298     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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