Crustal structure of seismic velocity in southern Tibet and east-westward escape of the crustal material - An example by wide-angle seismic profile from Peigu Tso to Pumoyong Tso

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 500-506

  Zhang, Zhongjie ^a   Teng, Jiwen ^a   Li, Yingkang ^b   Klemperer, S ^c   Yang, Liqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Delamination; East west escape; Lower velocity layer; Southern Tibet

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PROBABILITY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LOWER VELOCITY LAYER (LVL); SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY VARIATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 5044229727     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0518     Document Type: Article

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