Characterizing the Main Himalayan Thrust in the Garhwal Himalaya, India with receiver function CCP stacking

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 367, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-27

  Caldwell, Warren B ^a   Klemperer, Simon L ^a   Lawrence, Jesse F ^a   Rai, Shyam S ^b   Ashish, ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation   (India)

Author keywords

CCP stacking; Garhwal; Himalaya; India; Receiver functions

Indexed keywords

CCP STACKING; GARHWAL; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEISMOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOHO; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOMETRY; STACKING; TECTONIC WEDGE; THRUST;

GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NEPAL; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84875033614     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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