Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure of the crust beneath the central Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan: Implications for large- and small-scale mountain building

Tectonophysics

Volumn 465, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 30-44

  Omuralieva, Aiymjan ^a   Nakajima, Junichi ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mantle upwelling; Mountain building; Seismic tomography; Seismic velocity structure; The Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

MANTLE UPWELLING; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; THE TIEN SHAN;

BUILDINGS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

VELOCITY;

ARRIVAL TIME; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; MANTLE CONVECTION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KYRGYZSTAN; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; WEST ASIA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 60749134037     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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