Seismic imaging of the deep structure under the Chinese volcanoes: An overview

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 224, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-123

  Lei, Jianshe ^a   Xie, Furen ^a   Fan, Qicheng ^b   Santosh, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese continent; Seismic structure; Seismic tomography; Upper mantle; Volcano

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE VOLCANOES; CHINESE CONTINENT; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; NORTH CHINA CRATON; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC HAZARD MITIGATION;

SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

VOLCANOES;

ANOMALY; ARRIVAL TIME; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANO;

BAEKDU MOUNTAIN; BOHAI SEA; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; CHINA; DATONG; HAINAN; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANXI; TENGCHONG; YELLOW SEA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84886293934     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2013.08.008     Document Type: Review

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