Mantle flow pattern and geodynamic cause of the North China Craton reactivation: Evidence from seismic anisotropy

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Zhao, Liang ^a   Xue, Mei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Craton reactivation; North China Craton; Shear wave splitting; Upper mantle deformation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; FLOW PATTERNS; GEODYNAMICS; METALS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; ANISOTROPY PATTERNS; ARCHEAN; BROADBAND STATION; CENOZOIC; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CRATON REACTIVATION; GEOMETRIC INFORMATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LITHOSPHERIC; LOW-VELOCITY ANOMALY; MANTLE FLOW; MANTLE WEDGE; MESOZOIC; NORTH CHINA CRATON; PACIFIC PLATES; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING PARAMETERS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPLITTING MEASUREMENTS; TOMOGRAPHIC; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE FORMS; WEDGE FLOW;

SHEAR FLOW;

BODY WAVE; DEFORMATION; FLOW PATTERN; GEODYNAMICS; PACIFIC PLATE; S-WAVE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 79955649392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003068     Document Type: Article

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