Features of faults in the central and northern Tibetan plateau based on results of INDEPTH (III)-MT

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-128

  Wei, Wenbo ^a,b   Jin, Sheng ^a,b   Ye, Gaofeng ^a,b   Deng, Ming ^a,b   Tan, Handong ^a,b   Unsworth, Martyn ^c   Booker, John ^d   Jones, Alan G ^e   Li, Shenghui ^d  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fault features; Heat exchange between crust and mantle; INDEPTH MT; Magnetotelluric sounding

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; FAULT ZONE; INDIAN PLATE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; PLATEAU; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; UPPER CRUST;

BANGONG CO-NUJIANG SUTURE ZONE; CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 34250726661     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-007-0016-3     Document Type: Article

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