Bulk crustal properties in NE Tibet and their implications for deformation model

Gondwana Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 548-559

  Tian, Xiaobo ^a   Zhang, Zhongjie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation model; Crustal thickness; Receiver function; Tibetan plateau; Vp Vs ratio

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MODEL; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANYEMAQEN MOUNTAINS; CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84879555271     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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