Structure of the crust and uppermost mantle of the Yanshan Belt and adjacent regions at the northeastern boundary of the North China Craton from Rayleigh Wave Dispersion Analysis

Tectonophysics

Volumn 455, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 43-52

  Tang, Qunshu ^a   Chen, Ling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal and uppermost mantle structure; Lithospheric reactivation; North China Craton; Rayleigh waves; Yanshan belt

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA INVERSION; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; PHASE VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RIFT ZONE; S-WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 46049101215     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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