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Test of deep seismic reflection profiling across central uplift of Qiangtang terrane in Tibetan plateau

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A test of deep seismic reflection profiling across the central uplift or metamorphic belt of the Qiangtang (羌塘) terrane, Tibetan plateau, provides a first image of the crustal structure. Complex reflection patterns in the upper crust are interpreted as a series of folds and thrusts, and bivergent reflections in the lower crust may represent a convergence between the Indian and the Eurasian plates.

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  1. Lithosphere Research Centre, Institute of Geology, Key Laboratory of Earthprobe and Geodynamics, Chinese Acdemy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, 100037, China

    Zhanwu Lu  (卢占武), Rui Gao  (高锐), Qiusheng Li  (李秋生), Rizheng He  (贺日政), Chaoyang Kuang  (匡朝阳), Hesheng Hou  (侯贺晟), Xiaosong Xiong  (熊小松), Ye Guan  (管烨) & Haiyan Wang  (王海燕)

  2. Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305-2215, USA

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 40830316, 40874045 and 40704016), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Nos. SinoProbe-02, 2006DFA21340), the Ministry of Land and Resources of China (Nos. 2004-06, 200811021), and the Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Geo-detection of China University of Geosciences (Beijing) (No. GDL0603).

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Lu, Z., Gao, R., Li, Q. et al. Test of deep seismic reflection profiling across central uplift of Qiangtang terrane in Tibetan plateau. J. Earth Sci. 20, 438–447 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-009-0036-x

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