Small-scale upper mantle convection and orogeny of Tianshan Mountains in China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1142-1149

  Liu, Jie ^a   Liu, QiYuan ^a   Guo, Biao ^a   Song, HuiZhen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Mantle convection; Marker in cell method; Orogeny; Tianshan orogeny

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; MARKER-IN-CELL TECHNIQUE; SUBDUCTION;

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LANDFORMS; ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MANTLE CONVECTION; OROGENY; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; UPPER MANTLE;

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

EID: 34447332477     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0070-4     Document Type: Article

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