Finite frequency tomography in southeastern Tibet: Evidence for the causal relationship between mantle lithosphere delamination and the north-south trending rifts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Ren, Yong ^a   Shen, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THINNING; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; P-WAVE; PLATEAU; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSITION ZONE; TREND ANALYSIS; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 57649222373     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005615     Document Type: Article

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