Deep seismic structure of the Indian shield, western Himalaya, Ladakh and Tibet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 415-429

  Oreshin, S I ^a   Vinnik, L P ^a   Kiselev, S G ^a   Rai, S S ^b   Prakasam, K S ^b   Treussov, A V ^a  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Crust; Eclogitization; Lithosphere; Partial melt; Receiver functions; S wave velocity; Subduction; Transition zone; Upper mantle; Vp Vs ratio

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CRUST; ECLOGITIZATION; LITHOSPHERE; PARTIAL MELT; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE; VP/VS RATIO;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

VELOCITY;

DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; P-WAVE; PRECAMBRIAN; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SHIELD; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN SHIELD; LADAKH HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 79959760762     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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