Tomography of Gyirong- Lugu profile (Hi- Climb) and the subduction of Indian-Tibet collision

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1427-1436

  Qian, Hui ^a   Jiang, Mei ^a   Chen, Wang Ping ^b   Nabelek, John ^c   Zhao, Da Peng ^d   Zhao, Lei ^a   Wang, Ya Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangong Nujiang Suture; Delamination; Tibetan Plateau; Tomography; Yarlun Tsangbo Suture

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; DATA INVERSION; DELAMINATION; INDIAN PLATE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; P-WAVE; PERTURBATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE VELOCITY;

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

EID: 38849195579     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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