Crustal structure and continental dynamics of Central China: A receiver function study and implications for ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism

Tectonophysics

Volumn 610, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-181

  He, Chuansong ^a   Dong, Shuwen ^b   Chen, Xuanhua ^b   Santosh, M ^c   Li, Qiusheng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Crust thickness; Dabie orogenic belt; Delamination; Pacific plate subduction; Receiver function; Vp Vs ratio

Indexed keywords

CRUST THICKNESS; DABIE OROGENIC BELT; PACIFIC PLATES; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; VP/VS RATIO;

DELAMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; TECTONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DELAMINATION; OROGENIC BELT; P-WAVE; PLATE TECTONICS; S-WAVE; STACKING; SUBDUCTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; WAVE VELOCITY;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84890561155     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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