Midcrustal low-velocity layer beneath the central Himalaya and southern Tibet revealed by ambient noise array tomography

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Guo, Zhi ^a   Gao, Xing ^a   Yao, Huajian ^b   Li, Juan ^a   Wang, Weimin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient noise tomography; Himalaya; Lower velocity layer; Midcrustal structure; Southern Tibet

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749127633     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002458     Document Type: Article

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