Crustal thickness and Vp/Vs ratio of the central and western North China Craton and its tectonic implications

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 385-389

  Wei, Zigen ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Xu, Weiwei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Body waves; Cratons; Crustal structure

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BODY WAVES; CRATONS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; NORTH CHINA CRATON; PRECAMBRIAN; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; REGIONAL TECTONICS; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS;

GALLIUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

EID: 79960360967     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05089.x     Document Type: Letter

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