Crustal structure across the Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt revealed by seismic velocity profiles

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 436-442

  Bai, Zhiming ^a   Zhang, Zhongjie ^a   Wang, Yanghua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Deep seismic sounding profile; Tan Lu fault; Traveltime tomography; Ultra high pressure metamorphic belt (UHPMB)

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT; MANTLE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OROGENIC BELT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 38849194114     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: 17422140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/4/4/009     Document Type: Article

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