Crustal structure of the central Tibetan plateau and geological interpretation
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Zheng, Yong
Xiong, Xiong
Sun, Youshun
Ge, Can
Toksoz, M. Nafi
Zheng, Yingcai
Yu, Diming
Date Issued
December 2012
Journal
Earthquake Science
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Seismological Society of China
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Ge, Can et al. “Crustal Structure of the Central Tibetan Plateau and Geological Interpretation.” Earthquake Science 25.5–6 (2012): 363–370.
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Abstract
Based on teleseismic data obtained from 225 stations from two networks in the central Tibetan plateau, we have generated detailed crustal structure images using P-wave receiver function techniques with more accurate piercing-depth-correction and time-depth-correction than what have previously been available. Our images indicate an undulatory Moho beneath the Tibetan plateau with a steep jump beneath the northern Himalaya, and obviously different structures in proximity to the Bangong-Nujiang suture. In several sections of the Tibetan plateau, the lower crust is characterized by pervasive high-velocity regions, which are consistent with the preservation of eclogite bodies beneath the plateau, whose presence affects the dynamics of the Tibetan plateau.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-012-0862-2
