Composition and tectonic evolution of the Chinese continental crust constrained by Poisson's ratio

Tectonophysics

Volumn 463, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 15-30

  Ji, Shaocheng ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Salisbury, Matthew H ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CCSD; Poisson's ratio; Seismic properties; Tectonics of China; UHP metamorphic rocks

Indexed keywords

CHINESE CONTINENTAL SCIENTIFIC DRILLING PROJECT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DELAMINATION; FOLDING; OROGENIC BELT; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 57449092862     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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