Destruction mechanism of the North China Craton: Insight from P and S wave mantle tomography

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1132-1145

  Tian, You ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthenoshperic erosion; Big mantle wedge; Deep subduction; Lithospheric destruction; North China Craton; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; EROSION; FAULT ZONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 80053330189     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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