S receiver function analysis of the crustal and lithospheric structures beneath eastern Tibet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 306, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 77-85

  Hu, Jiafu ^a   Xu, Xingqian ^a   Yang, Haiyan ^a   Wen, Limin ^a   Li, Guangquan ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern Tibet; LAB; Longmenshan; S receiver functions; Sichuan Basin

Indexed keywords

EASTERN TIBET; LAB; LONGMENSHAN; S-RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SICHUAN BASIN;

LABORATORIES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DELAMINATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO;

CHINA; INDOCHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN; SICHUAN BASIN; XIZANG; YUNNAN;

EID: 79955673206     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.03.034     Document Type: Article

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