Geophysical transect across the North China Craton: A perspective on the interaction between Tibetan eastward escape and Pacific westward flow

Gondwana Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 311-322

  Zhang, Zhongjie ^a   Zhang, Guowei ^b   Deng, Yangfan ^c   Santosh, M ^d   Teng, Jiwen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Geophysical transect; Lithospheric disruption; Mantle flow; North China Craton; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THINNING; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRANSECT; BASALT; MESOZOIC; WAVE VELOCITY;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84899906850     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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