Mapping the descent of Indian and Eurasian plates beneath the Tibetan Plateau from gravity anomalies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 11275-11290

  Jin, Yu ^a   McNutt, Marcia K ^a   Zhu, Yong Sheng ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; SUBDUCTED SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 3643105738     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00531     Document Type: Article

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