Ambient-noise tomography of north Tibet limits geological terrane signature to upper-middle crust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 808-813

  Karplus, M S ^a,b   Klemperer, S L ^a   Lawrence, J F ^a   Zhao, W ^c   Mechie, J ^d   Tilmann, F ^d   Sandvol, E ^e   Ni, J ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ambient noise; Rayleigh wave tomography; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; GROUP VELOCITIES; LOW VELOCITIES; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; SOUTH-TO-NORTH; STRIKING VELOCITY; TIBETAN PLATEAU; UPPER-MIDDLE CRUST;

TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

VELOCITY;

ACCRETION; AMBIENT NOISE; CENOZOIC; CRUST; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; RAYLEIGH WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 84876805983     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50202     Document Type: Article

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