Discordant contrasts of P- and S-wave speeds across the 660-km discontinuity beneath Tibet: A case for hydrous remnant of sub-continental lithosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 450-462

  Tseng, Tai Lin ^a   Chen, Wang Ping ^a  

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

Author keywords

collision zone; continental lithosphere; hydrous minerals; mantle transition zone

Indexed keywords

CONTINENT-CONTINENT COLLISION; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE;

ADVECTION; HYDRATION; OLIVINE; POLYMORPHISM;

SEISMIC WAVES;

ARRAY; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; HYDROUS MINERAL; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OLIVINE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SUBDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 41449084958     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.038     Document Type: Article

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