The lithosphere of North China Craton from surface wave tomography

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 164-173

  Huang, Zhongxian ^a   Li, Hongyi ^b   Zheng, Yuejun ^a   Peng, Yanju ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

lithosphere; North China Craton; surface wave; tomography; velocity structure

Indexed keywords

EAST ASIA; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; GENERAL TRENDS; HIGH VELOCITY; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; LOW VELOCITIES; LOW VELOCITY ZONES; LOWER CRUST; MESOZOIC; NORTH CHINA; NORTH CHINA BASIN; NORTH CHINA CRATON; SHEAR VELOCITIES; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; SUB-REGIONS; SURFACE-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOMOGRAPHIC; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY IMAGES; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; YELLOW SEA;

FLUID DYNAMICS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SURFACE WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; WATER WAVES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SURFACE WAVE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 70350757632     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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