Destruction of lithosphere within the north China craton inferred from surface wave tomography

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  An, Meijian ^a,b   Feng, Mei ^a,b   Zhao, Yue ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Cratonic lithosphere destruction; North China; Subduction slab; Surface wave tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249107492     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002562     Document Type: Article

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