The inlfuence of mantle convection to the lithosphere deformation of China mainland

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1048-1057

  Huang, Jian Ping ^a   Fu, Rong Shan ^a   Zheng, Yong ^a   Xue, Ting Xiao ^a   Liu, Xia ^a   Han, Li Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Drag force of mantle convection; GPS observation; Plate collision; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; GPS; GROUND MOVEMENT; INDIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 53949112227     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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