Upper mantle anisotropy in the Ordos Block and its margins

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 888-900

  Chang, Li Jun ^a   Wang, Chun Yong ^a   Ding, Zhi Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

fast wave direction; lithosphere deformation; Ordos Block; SKS wave; upper mantle anisotropy

Indexed keywords

FAST-WAVE DIRECTION; LITHOSPHERE DEFORMATION; ORDOS BLOCK; SKS WAVE; UPPER MANTLE ANISOTROPY;

DEFORMATION; POLARIZATION; SEISMOGRAPHS; SHEAR FLOW; TECTONICS;

ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; ASTHENOSPHERE; BODY WAVE; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OROGENY; PERIDOTITE; S-WAVE; SEISMOGRAPH; STACKING; SUBDUCTION; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; ORDOS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 79956136817     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4137-2     Document Type: Article

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