Structural heterogeneities in southeast tibet: Implications for regional flow in the lower crust and upper mantle

International Journal of Geophysics

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Zhi ^a,b   Wang, Xuben ^a,b   Huang, Runqiu ^c   Huang, Wenli ^b  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Chendgu University of Technology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; HETEROGENEITY; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE; UPPER CRUST;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 84866130474     PISSN: 1687885X     EISSN: 16878868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/975497     Document Type: Article

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