Lithospheric foundering and underthrusting imaged beneath Tibet

Lithospheric foundering and underthrusting imaged beneath Tibet

The timing and mechanism of uplift of the Tibetan plateau continues to be a source of debate. Here, the authors present a new tomographic model revealing a T-shaped high wave speed structure beneath South-Central Tibet and interpret this an upper-mantle remnant from lithospheric foundering.

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Main Authors: Min Chen, Fenglin Niu, Jeroen Tromp, Adrian Lenardic, Cin-Ty A. Lee, Wenrong Cao, Julia Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15659
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spelling doaj-900a8b1841ac44dc82a69eddd1bcdb702021-05-11T07:38:15ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232017-06-018111010.1038/ncomms15659Lithospheric foundering and underthrusting imaged beneath TibetMin Chen0Fenglin Niu1Jeroen Tromp2Adrian Lenardic3Cin-Ty A. Lee4Wenrong Cao5Julia Ribeiro6Department of Earth Science, 318 Keith-Wiess Geology Lab, Rice University, MS 126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USADepartment of Earth Science, 318 Keith-Wiess Geology Lab, Rice University, MS 126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USADepartment of Geosciences, Princeton UniversityDepartment of Earth Science, 318 Keith-Wiess Geology Lab, Rice University, MS 126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USADepartment of Earth Science, 318 Keith-Wiess Geology Lab, Rice University, MS 126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USADepartment of Earth Science, 318 Keith-Wiess Geology Lab, Rice University, MS 126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USADepartment of Earth Science, 318 Keith-Wiess Geology Lab, Rice University, MS 126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USAThe timing and mechanism of uplift of the Tibetan plateau continues to be a source of debate. Here, the authors present a new tomographic model revealing a T-shaped high wave speed structure beneath South-Central Tibet and interpret this an upper-mantle remnant from lithospheric foundering.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15659
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Fenglin Niu
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Wenrong Cao
Julia Ribeiro
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Fenglin Niu
Jeroen Tromp
Adrian Lenardic
Cin-Ty A. Lee
Wenrong Cao
Julia Ribeiro
Lithospheric foundering and underthrusting imaged beneath Tibet
Nature Communications
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Fenglin Niu
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title Lithospheric foundering and underthrusting imaged beneath Tibet
title_short Lithospheric foundering and underthrusting imaged beneath Tibet
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title_fullStr Lithospheric foundering and underthrusting imaged beneath Tibet
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publishDate 2017-06-01
description The timing and mechanism of uplift of the Tibetan plateau continues to be a source of debate. Here, the authors present a new tomographic model revealing a T-shaped high wave speed structure beneath South-Central Tibet and interpret this an upper-mantle remnant from lithospheric foundering.
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