Title: Seismic image of the Tarim basin and its collision with Tibet
Abstract: Research Article| July 01, 2001 Seismic image of the Tarim basin and its collision with Tibet Honn Kao; Honn Kao 1Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, ROC Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Rui Gao; Rui Gao 2Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, PRC Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Ruey-Juin Rau; Ruey-Juin Rau 3Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701, ROC Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Danian Shi; Danian Shi 2Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, PRC Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Rong-Yuh Chen; Rong-Yuh Chen 4Institute of Geophysics, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan 320, ROC, and Seismology Center, Central Weather Bureau, Taipei 100, ROC Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Ye Guan; Ye Guan 2Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, PRC Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Francis T. Wu Francis T. Wu 5Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13902, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Honn Kao 1Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, ROC Rui Gao 2Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, PRC Ruey-Juin Rau 3Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701, ROC Danian Shi 2Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, PRC Rong-Yuh Chen 4Institute of Geophysics, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan 320, ROC, and Seismology Center, Central Weather Bureau, Taipei 100, ROC Ye Guan 2Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, PRC Francis T. Wu 5Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13902, USA Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 05 Oct 2000 Revision Received: 02 Mar 2001 Accepted: 15 Mar 2001 First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (2001) 29 (7): 575–578. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0575:SIOTTB>2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 05 Oct 2000 Revision Received: 02 Mar 2001 Accepted: 15 Mar 2001 First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Honn Kao, Rui Gao, Ruey-Juin Rau, Danian Shi, Rong-Yuh Chen, Ye Guan, Francis T. Wu; Seismic image of the Tarim basin and its collision with Tibet. Geology 2001;; 29 (7): 575–578. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0575:SIOTTB>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract A broadband seismic deployment in 1998–1999 in southwestern Tarim provided data for imaging the crust and upper mantle across the contact between the Tarim block and the Tibetan Plateau. A profile composed of migrated teleseismic receiver functions clearly shows lateral structural changes. The crust under the Tarim basin is relatively simple. The Moho discontinuity is mapped at a depth of 42 km near the northern end of the array and dips gently toward the south to ∼50 km under the Kunlun foreland. The Tarim basin appears to be rigid, with little shortening. Farther to the south, the imaging reveals a complex of reflectors in the lower crust and the upper mantle. There are both north- and south-dipping upper mantle structures under the Kunlun foreland and Kunlun Shan region. We found the observations to be more consistent with a model of lithospheric collision in which the crust and the upper mantle on both sides interpenetrate and deform. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
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