Complex upper-mantle deformation beneath the North China Craton: Implications for lithospheric thinning

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1095-1099

  Zhao, Liang ^a   Zheng, Tianyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Lithospheric thinning; Mantle deformation; North China Craton; Seismic anisotropy; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 34548134400     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03512.x     Document Type: Article

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