Upper mantle beneath foothills of the western Himalaya: Subducted lithospheric slab or a keel of the Indian shield?

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1162-1171

  Vinnik, L ^a   Singh, A ^b   Kiselev, S ^a   Kumar, Ravi M ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Body waves; Collision belt; Crustal structure; Lithosphere; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; AZIMUTH; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; INDIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 36348996046     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03577.x     Document Type: Article

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