New evidence from seismic imaging for subduction during assembly of the North China craton

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 395-398

  Zheng, Tianyu ^a   Zhao, Liang ^a   Zhu, Rixiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENT COLLISIONS; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; CRUSTAL UPLIFT; DENSE ARRAYS; LOW-VELOCITY ZONE; NORTH CHINA; NORTH CHINA CRATON; PLATE TECTONICS; PRECAMBRIAN; RECEIVER FUNCTION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC IMAGE; SEISMIC IMAGING; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; TECTONIC EVENTS; TELESEISMIC; UNDERPLATING; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

METALS; SEISMOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRATON; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; IMAGING METHOD; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MOHO; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; PRECAMBRIAN; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UNDERPLATING; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 69549085283     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25600A.1     Document Type: Article

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