Crustal structure beneath the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and its tectonic implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Chun Yong ^a   Han, Wei Bin ^b   Wu, Jian Ping ^a   Lou, Hai ^a   Chan, W Winston ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province   (China)

^c Multimax Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; GRAVITY ANOMALY; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; THRUST; UPLIFT; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 34548533525     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003873     Document Type: Article

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