Lithospheric structure and crust-mantle decoupling in the southeast edge of the Tibetan Plateau

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 1060-1067

  Hu, Jiafu ^a   Yang, Haiyan ^a   Xu, Xingqian ^a   Wen, Limin ^a   Li, Guangquan ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crust mantle decoupling; Eastern Tibet; Moho and LAB depths; S receiver functions; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

EURASIAN PLATE; INDIAN PLATE; MANTLE SOURCE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; S-WAVE; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84866009774     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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