Seismic image and origin of the Changbai intraplate volcano in East Asia: Role of big mantle wedge above the stagnant Pacific slab

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 173, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 197-206

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Tian, You ^a,b   Lei, Jianshe ^c   Liu, Lucy ^a   Zheng, Sihua ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Big mantle wedge; Changbai volcano; Intraplate volcanism; Seismic tomography; Stagnant Pacific slab

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

BIG MANTLE WEDGE; CHANGBAI VOLCANO; INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STAGNANT PACIFIC SLAB;

VOLCANOES;

ARRIVAL TIME; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIANCHI VOLCANO;

EID: 62749083644     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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