Teleseismic P-wave tomography and the upper mantle structure of the central Tien Shan orogenic belt

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 162, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 165-185

  Lei, Jianshe ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breaking off; P wave tomography; Tien Shan; Underthrusting; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; OROGENIC BELT; TELESEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MANTLE STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; UPWELLING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 34250777119     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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