Crustal structure beneath the Weihe Graben in central China: Evidence for the tectonic regime transformation in the Cenozoic

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 105-114

  Wang, Pan ^a   Huang, Zhouchuan ^a   Mi, Ning ^a   Xu, Mingjie ^a   Wang, Liangshu ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Yu, Dayong ^a   Huang, Hui ^a   Mao, Xiaolin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Central China; Continental collision; Crustal extension; Crustal structure; Receiver functions; Seismic array

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRABEN; MESOZOIC; MOHO; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 84891315339     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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