Scandinavia: A former Tibet

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4479-4487

  Kind, R ^a,b   Sodoudi, F ^a   Yuan, X ^a   Shomali, H ^c   Roberts, R ^c   Gee, D ^c   Eken, T ^a   Bianchi, M ^a   Tilmann, F ^a,b   Balling, N ^d   Jacobsen, B H ^d   Kumar, P ^e   Geissler, W H ^f  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

lithosphere asthenosphere boundary; remnants of fossil subduction

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; LEHMANN DISCONTINUITY; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; RECEIVER FUNCTION METHOD; REMNANTS OF FOSSIL SUBDUCTION; S-RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EARTHQUAKES; LITHOLOGY; VELOCITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRATON; DISCONTINUITY; FOSSIL; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; UPPER MANTLE;

CHINA; FINLAND; GERMANY; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84887821699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20251     Document Type: Article

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