Mantle dynamics of the Paleoproterozoic North China Craton: A perspective based on seismic tomography

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-53

  Santosh, M ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^b   Kusky, Timothy ^c  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Columbia; Mantle dynamics; Mantle tomography; North China Craton; Paleoproterozoic; Tectonics; Tectosphere

Indexed keywords

LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE; P-WAVE; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

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

EID: 71349085713     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2009.09.043     Document Type: Article

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