Differences in lithospheric structures between two sides of Taihang Mountain obtained from the Zhucheng-Yichuan deep seismic sounding profile

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 871-880

  Li, Song Lin ^a   Lai, Xiao Ling ^a   Liu, Bao Feng ^a   Wang, Zhi Suo ^b   He, Jia Yong ^a   Sun, Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Banking Regulatory Bureau of Henan Province   (China)

Author keywords

cratonic destruction; deep seismic sounding profile; North China Craton; Taihang Mountain gravity anomaly belt

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; ABRUPT CHANGE; CRATONIC DESTRUCTION; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING PROFILE; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING PROFILES; EASTERN SIDE; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; LITHOLOGICAL COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; LOW VELOCITIES; LOWER CRUST; NORTH CHINA CRATON; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PACIFIC PLATES; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS; WAVE FORMS; WESTERN REGION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

LANDFORMS;

DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; PACIFIC PLATE; SUBDUCTION; WAVE VELOCITY;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79956093088     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4191-4     Document Type: Article

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