Crustal thicknesses and Poisson's ratios in the eastern Tibetan Plateau and their tectonic implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Chun Yong ^a   Zhu, Lupei ^b   Lou, Hai ^a   Huang, Bor Shouh ^c   Yao, Zhixiang ^a   Luo, Xinghua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; FAULT ZONE; ISOSTASY; OROGENIC BELT; POISSON RATIO; STACKING; TECTONIC SETTING; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 78249270780     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007527     Document Type: Article

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