Lithospheric flexure in the Sichuan Basin and Longmen Shan at the eastern edge of Tibet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Fielding, Eric J ^a   McKenzie, Dan ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS;

ADMITTANCE ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; EASTERN EDGE; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC THICKNESS; FLEXURAL RIGIDITIES; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; GRAVITY DATA; GRAVITY MEASUREMENT; HIMALAYAS; LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE; MOUNTAIN RANGES; SICHUAN BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION; TECTONIC PROCESS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; UPPER LIMITS;

GRAVITATION;

DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FLEXURE; GEOID; GRAVITY SURVEY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; SATELLITE DATA; SLOPE ANGLE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 84861143921     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051680     Document Type: Article

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