Fragmented Indian plate and vertically coherent deformation beneath eastern Tibet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Ceylan, Savas ^a   Ni, James ^b   Chen, John Y ^c   Zhang, Qie ^a,d   Tilmann, Frederik ^e,f   Sandvol, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; FAULT; INDIAN PLATE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; XIZANG;

EID: 84869428996     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009210     Document Type: Article

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