A review of crust and upper mantle structure beneath the Indian subcontinent

A Singh, C Singh, BLN Kennett - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
This review presents an account of the variations in crustal and upper mantle structure
beneath the Indian subcontinent and its environs, with emphasis on passive seismic results …

Tearing of the Indian lithospheric slab beneath southern Tibet revealed by SKS-wave splitting measurements

Y Chen, W Li, X Yuan, J Badal, J Teng - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Shear wave birefringence is a direct diagnostic of seismic anisotropy. It is often used to infer
the northern limit of the underthrusting Indian lithosphere, based on the seismic anisotropy …

Deformation of crust and upper mantle in central Tibet caused by the northward subduction and slab tearing of the Indian lithosphere: New evidence based on shear …

C Wu, X Tian, T Xu, X Liang, Y Chen, M Taylor… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Shear-wave splitting provides insight into geodynamic processes such as lithospheric
deformation and upper mantle flow. This study presents shear wave splitting parameters …

Depth variations of P-wave azimuthal anisotropy beneath Mainland China

W Wei, D Zhao, J Xu, B Zhou, Y Shi - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
A high-resolution model of P-wave anisotropic tomography beneath Mainland China and
surrounding regions is determined using a large number of arrival-time data recorded by the …

Absolute plate motions constrained by shear wave splitting orientations with implications for hot spot motions and mantle flow

C Kreemer - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Here, I present a new absolute plate motion model of the Earth's surface, determined from
the alignment of present‐day surface motions with 474 published shear wave (ie, SKS) …

3D numerical simulation-based targeting of skarn type mineralization within the Xuancheng-Magushan orefield, middle-lower Yangtze metallogenic belt, China

X Hu, X Li, F Yuan, SM Jowitt, A Ord, R Ye… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent exploration has identified a series of Cu-Mo skarn deposits within the Xuancheng-
Magushan orefield. The orefield forms part of the Nanling-Xuancheng mining district, which …

Depth‐variant azimuthal anisotropy in Tibet revealed by surface wave tomography

S Pandey, X Yuan, E Debayle… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Azimuthal anisotropy derived from multimode Rayleigh wave tomography in China exhibits
depth‐dependent variations in Tibet, which can be explained as induced by the Cenozoic …

Upper mantle anisotropy and crust-mantle deformation pattern beneath the Chinese mainland

CY Wang, LJ Chang, ZF Ding, QL Liu, WL Liao… - Science China Earth …, 2014 - Springer
Over the past 10 years, the number of broadband seismic stations in China has increased
significantly. The broadband seismic records contain information about shear-wave splitting …

Crustal structure beneath India and Tibet: New constraints from inversion of receiver functions

A Singh, M Ravi Kumar, DD Mohanty… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Indian subcontinent comprises geological terranes of varied age and structural
character. In this study, we provide new constraints to existing crustal models by inverting …

Upper and lower mantle anisotropy inferred from comprehensive SKS and SKKS splitting measurements from India

SK Roy, R Kumar, D Srinagesh - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigate the upper mantle anisotropy beneath India using high quality
SKS and SKKS waveforms from 382 teleseismic earthquakes recorded at 119 broadband …