Regional structure characteristics of crustal root of mountain beneath the Sulu orogenic belt

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-156

  Xu, JiRen ^a   Zhao, ZhiXin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Buoyancy of crustal root of mountain; Crustal thickness; Moho discontinuity; Region with higher P wave velocity; Sulu Dabie orogen belt

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BUOYANCY; EROSION; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MOHO DISCONTINUITY; P-WAVE VELOCITY; P-WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE CHARACTERISTIC; VELOCITY DIFFERENCE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

LANDFORMS;

CHINESE CONTINENTAL SCIENTIFIC DRILLING PROJECT; CRUSTAL ROOT; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MOHO; OROGENIC BELT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; DONGHAI; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; SULU BELT;

EID: 84977988729     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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