Distinct lateral variation of lithospheric thickness in the Northeastern North China Craton

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 56-68

  Chen, Ling ^a   Tao, Wang ^a   Zhao, Liang ^a   Zheng, Tianyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

lithosphere asthenosphere boundary; lithospheric reactivation; northeastern North China Craton; S receiver functions

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CORRELATION METHODS; DEFORMATION; PETROLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; S-RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

LITHOLOGY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CENOZOIC; CRATON; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MESOZOIC; MOHO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRIPLE JUNCTION; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE EQUATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 39549086784     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.024     Document Type: Article

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