Continental dynamics in a multi-convergent regime: A receiver function study from the North-South-Trending Tectonic Zone of China

International Geology Review

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 525-536

  He, Chuansong ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Chen, Xuanhua ^c   Li, Xiaoyan ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d HARBIN UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (China)

Author keywords

continental dynamics; crustal thickness; NorthSouth Trending Tectonic Zone; receiver function; upper mantle discontinuity; Vp Vs ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894037721     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2013.876901     Document Type: Article

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