Composition model of the crust beneath the Ordos basin and the Yinshan mountains in China, based on seismic velocity, heat flow and gravity data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 634, Issue , 2014, Pages 246-256

  Zhang, Yongqian ^a   Teng, Jiwen ^b   Wang, Qianshen ^b   Wang, Fuyun ^c   Lü, Qingtian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Geophysical data; Lithologic model of the crust; Ordos basin; Yinshan mountains

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; HEAT TRANSFER; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

CHINA; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; LITHOLOGIC MODEL OF THE CRUST; ORDOS BASIN; YINSHAN MOUNTAINS;

LANDFORMS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; GRAVITY FIELD; HEAT FLOW; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; ORDOS BASIN; YINSHAN MOUNTAINS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84923220612     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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