India-Eurasian collision vs. ocean-continent collision

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Zeng, Rong Sheng ^a   Wu, Qing Ju ^a   Ding, Zhi Feng ^a   Zhu, Lu Pei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Delamination; India Eurasian collision; Ocean continental collision

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DELAMINATION; INDIAN PLATE; MOHO; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 34547150791     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-007-0001-7     Document Type: Article

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