No mafic layer in 80 km thick Tibetan crust
Crustal doubling in Tibet and the Himalayas by underthrusting of the Indian plate is thought to require the presence of a mafic layer above the Moho. Here, the authors present seismic data which shows that the middle Lhasa Terrane has very low velocity (V p < 6.7 km/s) throughout the 80 km thick...
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/407344e26f1e4ae1a8d81fdced375f40 |
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