Systematic variations in seismic velocity and reflection in the crust of Cathaysia: New constraints on intraplate orogeny in the South China continent

Gondwana Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 902-917

  Zhang, Zhongjie ^a   Xu, Tao ^a   Zhao, Bing ^a   Badal, José ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cathaysia block; Crustal velocity; Frequency filtering; Lithospheric extension; Migration and stacking; Wide angle seismic data; Yangtze block

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; OROGENIC BELT; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

CATHAYSIA BLOCK; CHINA;

EID: 84883763928     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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