Upper-mantle velocity structure beneath the North China Craton: Implications for lithospheric thinning

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1279-1283

  Xu, Peifen ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Cratons; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

CRATON; CRUSTAL THINNING; DELAMINATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 66549112907     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04120.x     Document Type: Article

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