Adjoint tomography of the lithospheric structure beneath Northeastern Tibet

X Dong, D Yang, H Zhu - Seismological Society of …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Northeastern Tibet is still in the primary stage of tectonic deformation and is the key area for
studying the lateral expansion of the Tibetan plateau. In particular, the existence of lower …

Limited southward underthrusting of the Asian lithosphere and material extrusion beneath the northeastern margin of Tibet, inferred from teleseismic Rayleigh wave …

X Wei, M Jiang, X Liang, L Chen… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The northeastern margin of Tibet is of key importance in understanding the uplift and
expansion of Tibetan Plateau. In this research, we perform Rayleigh wave tomography from …

Anisotropic tomography beneath Northeast Tibet: evidence for regional crustal flow

A Sun, D Zhao - Tectonics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present high‐resolution tomographic images of isotropic P wave velocity and azimuthal
anisotropy in the crust and uppermost mantle beneath NE Tibet by jointly inverting 62,339 …

Mantle dynamics beneath the Sichuan Basin and eastern Tibet from teleseismic tomography

W Wang, J Wu, JOS Hammond - Tectonics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The cratonic Sichuan Basin is located east of the Tibetan Plateau, and is
surrounded by mountains that have undergone complex deformation and uplift since the …

Comprehensive crustal structure and seismological evidence for lower crustal flow in the southeastern margin of Tibet revealed by receiver functions

J Hu, J Badal, H Yang, G Li, H Peng - Gondwana Research, 2018 - Elsevier
The lower crustal flow model has become an interesting proposal to describe the growth and
expansion of eastern Tibet. To date, however, the geophysical results are not definitive due …

Lithospheric and upper mantle structure of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

H Yue, YJ Chen, E Sandvol, J Ni… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We use receiver functions calculated for data collected by the INDEPTH‐IV seismic array to
image the three‐dimensional geometry of the crustal and upper mantle velocity …

Seismic tomography of eastern Tibet: Implications for the Tibetan Plateau growth

F Zhang, Q Wu, Y Li, R Zhang, L Sun, J Pan, Z Ding - Tectonics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The eastern region of the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions have gentle to moderate
topographic gradients, contrasting the steep margins in northern and southern Tibet. The …

Restricted lithospheric extrusion in the SE Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from anisotropic Rayleigh-wave tomography

C Han, Z Huang, S Hao, L Wang, M Xu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Constraining variations of lithospheric structure and deformation across southeastern Tibet
and the surrounding region are crucial for understanding the lateral growth of the plateau …

Anisotropic regime across northeastern Tibet and its geodynamic implications

Z Ye, Q Li, R Gao, H Zhang, X Shen, X Liu, C Gong - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
A dense linear array of 38 broadband seismograph stations was deployed to traverse the
northeastern margin of Tibetan plateau (NE Tibet). Shear wave splitting measurements …

Upper mantle structure beneath central Tibet derived from teleseismic S wave tomography along the INDEPTH-Ⅲ profile

Z LIU, XB TIAN, XF LIANG, JW TENG - Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 2015 - en.dzkx.org
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau is produced by the continental-continental collision between
the India and Eurasian plates as well as the subsequent convergence. It has become a …