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 …

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 …

The lateral expansion of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau causes devastating earthquakes,
but is poorly understood. In particular, the links between regional variations in surface …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Based on 1–2 years of continuous observations of seismic ambient noise data obtained at
more than 600 stations in and around Tibet, Rayleigh wave phase velocity maps are …

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 …

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 …