Crust-mantle coupling at the northern edge of the Tibetan plateau: Evidence from focal mechanisms and observations of seismic anisotropy

Tectonophysics

Volumn 584, Issue , 2013, Pages 221-229

  Levin, Vadim ^a   Huang, Guo chin Dino ^a   Roecker, Steven ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental lithosphere strength; Earthquake source mechanisms; Mantle deformation; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ALTYN TAGH FAULT; COMPLEX PATTERN; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUST-MANTLE COUPLING; DEFORMATION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; LOW DEGREE; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE DEFORMATION; PLATE BOUNDARIES; RELATIVE MOTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SENSE OF MOTION; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SINGLE SOURCE; TARIM BASIN; TIBETAN PLATEAU; UPPER MANTLE; UPPERMOST MANTLE; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; LITHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKES;

BIREFRINGENCE; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEFORMATION; FOCAL MECHANISM; PLATE BOUNDARY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC WAVE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84872386829     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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