Three-dimensional thermal structure of the Chinese continental crust and upper mantle

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1441-1451

  An, MeiJian ^a,b   Shi, YaoLin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Crust; Seismic velocity; Temperature; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASIN; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRATON; HEAT FLOW; LOW TEMPERATURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TERRANE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; QIANGTANG BASIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR; XIZANG; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34548800270     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0071-3     Document Type: Article

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