The geological evolution of the Tibetan Plateau

LH Royden, BC Burchfiel, RD van der Hilst - science, 2008 - science.org
The geological evolution of the Tibetan plateau is best viewed in a context broader than the
India-Eurasia collision zone. After collision about 50 million years ago, crust was shortened …

Crustal thickness map of the Chinese mainland from teleseismic receiver functions

Y Li, M Gao, Q Wu - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a new crustal thickness map of the Chinese mainland and adjacent areas based
on a compilation of previously published data. More than 1900 estimates of crustal thickness …

Crustal deformation of the eastern Tibetan plateau revealed by magnetotelluric imaging

D Bai, MJ Unsworth, MA Meju, X Ma, J Teng… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
The ongoing collision of the Indian and Asian continents has created the Himalaya and
Tibetan plateau through a range of deformation processes. These include crustal thickening …

A geological and geophysical context for the Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Sichuan, People's Republic of China

BC Burchfiel, LH Royden, RD Van der Hilst, BH Hager… - GSA today, 2008 - cdr.lib.unc.edu
Abstract On 12 May 2008, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake ruptured the Longmen Shan margin
of the eastern Tibetan plateau. This event occurred within the context of long-term uplift and …

Eastward expansion of the Tibetan Plateau by crustal flow and strain partitioning across faults

QY Liu, RD Van Der Hilst, Y Li, HJ Yao, JH Chen… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The lateral expansion of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau causes devastating earthquakes,
but is poorly understood. In particular, the links between regional variations in surface …

Spatial distribution of landslides triggered by the 2008 Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, China

FC Dai, C Xu, X Yao, L Xu, XB Tu, QM Gong - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake of May 12, 2008 is one of the most disastrous
earthquakes in China. The earthquake triggered tens of thousands of landslides over a …

Uplift of the Longmen Shan and Tibetan plateau, and the 2008 Wenchuan (M = 7.9) earthquake

J Hubbard, JH Shaw - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Abstract The Longmen Shan mountain range, site of the devastating 12 May 2008
Wenchuan (M= 7.9) earthquake, defines the eastern margin of the Himalayan orogen and …

Surface wave array tomography in SE Tibet from ambient seismic noise and two-station analysis-II. Crustal and upper-mantle structure

H Yao, C Beghein… - Geophysical Journal …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
We determine the 3-D shear wave speed variations in the crust and upper mantle in the
southeastern borderland of the Tibetan Plateau, SW China, with data from 25 temporary …

Two crustal low-velocity channels beneath SE Tibet revealed by joint inversion of Rayleigh wave dispersion and receiver functions

X Bao, X Sun, M Xu, DW Eaton, X Song, L Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Competing geodynamic models, such as rigid-block extrusion, continuous deformation, and
the mid-lower crustal flow, have been proposed to describe the growth and expansion of …

Heterogeneity and anisotropy of the lithosphere of SE Tibet from surface wave array tomography

H Yao, RD van Der Hilst… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the geotectonic evolution of the southeastern Tibetan plateau requires
knowledge about the structure of the lithosphere. Using data from 77 broadband stations in …