Numerical simulation of GPS observed clockwise rotation around the eastern Himalayan syntax in the Tibetan Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1398-1410

  Cao, Jianling ^a   Shi, Yaolin ^a   Zhang, Huai ^a   Wang, Hui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ductile lower crust; Maxwell model; Numerical simulation; Spherical coordinate; Three dimensional finite element; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549151361     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0588-7     Document Type: Article

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