East-west segmentation of the Tibetan Plateau and its implication

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 218-227

  Zhang, Jin ^a   Ma, Zongjin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CT profiles; East West trending tectonic zone; Gravity field; Segmentation; Seismic activity; Tibetan Plateau; Velocity field of GPS

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; SEISMICITY;

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

EID: 4143119888     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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