Seismic signatures of detached lithospheric fragments in the mantle beneath eastern Himalaya and southern Tibet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 279-290

  Singh, Arun ^a   Kumar, M Ravi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

detached slabs; Eastern Himalaya; mantle transition zone

Indexed keywords

410-KM DISCONTINUITY; BROADBAND STATION; DETACHED SLABS; EARLY ARRIVAL; EASTERN HIMALAYA; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH SHEAR; HIGH VELOCITY; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC SLAB; LOW VELOCITY LAYERS; LOW-AMPLITUDE; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; MESOZOIC; PRESENCE OF WATER; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC SIGNATURES; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY MODELS; SOUTHERN TIBET; UPPERMOST MANTLE;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY;

VELOCITY;

ARRIVAL TIME; MANTLE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRANSITION ZONE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 70449521212     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.031     Document Type: Article

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