Tibetan and Indian lithospheres in the upper mantle beneath Tibet: Evidence from broadband surface-wave dispersion

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4260-4281

  Agius, Matthew R ^a,b   Lebedev, Sergei ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Indian; lithosphere; shear speed; subduction; Tibetan; upper mantle

Indexed keywords

INDIAN; LITHOSPHERE; SHEAR SPEED; SUBDUCTION; TIBETANS; UPPER MANTLE;

ANISOTROPY; VELOCITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

DATA INVERSION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR ZONE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SURFACE WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CHINA; INDIA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84889009488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20274     Document Type: Article

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