Geodynamics of the southern Tibetan Plateau from seismic anisotropy and geodesy

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 563-566

  Sol, S ^a   Meltzer, A ^a   Burgmann R ^b   van der Hilst, R D ^c   King, R ^c   Chen, Z ^d   Koons, P O ^e   Lev, E ^c   Liu, Y P ^d   Zeitler, P K ^a   Zhang, X ^d   Zhang, J ^d   Zurek, B ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Global positioning system; Syntaxis; Tibet

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SYNTAXIS;

ANISOTROPY; GEODESY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; NATURAL HAZARD; PLATE CONVERGENCE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; STRESS; SUTURE ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; MYANMAR; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; YUNNAN;

EID: 34250868504     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23408A.1     Document Type: Article

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