Geophysical constraints on mesozoic disruption of North China Craton by underplating-triggered lower-crust flow of the Archaean lithosphere

Terra Nova

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-251

  Zhang, Zhongjie ^a   Wang, Yanghua ^b   Deng, Yangfan ^c   Chen, Lin ^a   Wu, Jing ^a   Teng, Jiwen ^a   Chen, Yun ^a   Fan, Weiming ^c   Panza, Giuliano ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; MESOZOIC; P-WAVE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UNDERPLATING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84876697980     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12032     Document Type: Article

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