Precise temperature estimation in the Tibetan crust from seismic detection of the α-β quarts transition

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 601-604

  Mechie, J ^a   Sobolev, S V ^a,b   Ratschbacher, L ^c   Babeyko, A Y ^a   Bock, G ^a   Jones, A G ^d,e   Nelson, K D ^e   Solon, K D ^e   Brown, L D ^f   Zhao, W ^g  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

quartz transition; Crustal structure; Seismic profiles; Tibet

Indexed keywords

LITHOLLOGIC BOUNDARY; TIBETAN CRUST;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRAPOLATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITION; QUARTZ; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 3543055307     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20367.1     Document Type: Article

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