S-wave crustal and upper mantle's velocity structure in the eastern Tibetan Plateau - Deep environment of lower crustal flow

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-274

  Wang, ChunYong ^a   Lou, Hai ^a   Lü, ZhiYong ^b   Wu, JianPing ^a   Chang, LiJun ^a   Dai, ShiGui ^b   You, HuiChuan ^a   Tang, FangTou ^a   Zhu, LuPei ^c   Silver, Paul ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal and upper mantle's structure; Eastern Tibetan Plateau; Lower crustal flow; Teleseismic receiver function

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUSTAL FLOW; TELESEISMIC RECEIVER FUNCTION; UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 38549101516     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0008-5     Document Type: Article

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