Seismic imaging of the crust and upper mantle beneath the North China Craton

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 169-182

  Tian, You ^a,b,c   Zhao, Dapeng ^b   Sun, Ruomei ^a   Teng, Jiwen ^a,c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Asthenospheric upwelling; Crust and mantle heterogeneity; North China Craton; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKES; MEDICAL IMAGING; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARCHAEAN; ARRIVAL TIMES; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERES; CRUST AND MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; EASTERN EDGES; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONES; NORTH CHINA BASINS; NORTH CHINA CRATON; NORTH CHINAS; PACIFIC PLATES; SEISMIC IMAGING; SEISMIC STATIONS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STUDY AREAS; TELESEISMIC EVENTS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; UPPER MANTLES; WAVE VELOCITIES;

TECTONICS;

ARRIVAL TIME; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 57749089642     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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