Destruction of the North China Craton: A perspective based on receiver function analysis

Geological Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 93-103

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

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Lower crustal and lithospheric delamination; North China Craton; Receiver function; Upper mantle discontinuity; Upwelling mantle plume

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921609821     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.2530     Document Type: Article

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