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Science
; 282(5386): 74-6, 1998 Oct 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9756478
ABSTRACT
Seismic tomography across the Altyn Tagh fault, at the north edge of the Tibetan Plateau, reveals a low P-wave velocity anomaly below the fault down to 140 kilometers. This anomaly probably reflects strike-slip shear in the lithosphere. Slip-partitioning may also induce a wedge of crust from the Tarim Basin to plunge into the mantle.