Discontinuity structure of the mantle transition zone beneath the North China Craton from receiver function migration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Ling ^a   Ai, Yinshuang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BROADBAND DATA; CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA SET; GRAVITY FIELD; LINEAMENT; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MESOZOIC; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

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

EID: 70349434874     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006221     Document Type: Article

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