Crustal structure of the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya and southern Tibet

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 829-852

  Acton, C E ^a   Priestley, K ^a   Mitra, S ^b   Gaur, V K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Asia; Body waves; Continental margins: convergent; Crustal structure; Surface waves and free oscillations

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF DATA; ARCHEAN; ASIA; BASAL LAYER; BODY WAVES; BROADBAND SEISMIC STATIONS; COMMON-CONVERSION POINTS; CONTINENTAL MARGINS: CONVERGENT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FORELAND BASIN; HIMALAYAS; IMPEDANCE CONTRAST; INDIAN PLATE; INDIAN SHIELDS; LHASA TERRANE; LOW VELOCITY ZONES; MAIN HIMALAYAN THRUSTS; NEGATIVE ARRIVAL; RAYLEIGH; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; RIFT BASIN; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SIKKIM HIMALAYA; SOUTHERN TIBET; SURROUNDING REGIONS; WAVE GROUP; WEST BENGAL;

SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SHEAR FLOW;

AMPLITUDE; BODY WAVE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DISCONTINUITY; FORELAND BASIN; IMBRICATION; INDIAN PLATE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MOHO; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; TERRANE; WAVE GROUP;

CHINA; DARJEELING; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS; WEST BENGAL; XIZANG;

EID: 78751505367     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04868.x     Document Type: Article

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