Seismic anisotropy and implications for mantle deformation beneath the NE margin of the Tibet plateau and Ordos plateau

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 157-170

  Li, Juan ^a   Wang, Xiujiao ^a   Niu, Fenglin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle deformation; Ordos plateau; Seismic anisotropy; SKS splitting; Tibet plateau

Indexed keywords

MANTLE DEFORMATION; ORDOS PLATEAU; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SKS SPLITTING; TIBET PLATEAU;

DEFORMATION; POLARIZATION; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ANISOTROPY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPRESSION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; FAULT; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; RIFTING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

CHINA; ORDOS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 82355181132     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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