Nature and structural heterogeneities of the lithosphere control the continental deformation in the northeastern and eastern Iranian plateau as revealed by shear-wave splitting observations
Yifan Gao, Ling Chen, Morteza Talebian, Zimu Wu, Xu Wang, Haiqiang Lan, Yinshuang Ai, Mingming Jiang, Guangbing Hou, Mohammad Mahdi Khatib, Wenjiao Xiao, Rixiang Zhu
Topics & Concepts
GeologyLithosphereShear wave splittingAsthenosphereSeismologySeismic anisotropyAnisotropyShear (geology)CrustContinental collisionTectonicsShear zoneCollision zoneDeformation (meteorology)GeophysicsPetrologyMantle (geology)OceanographyQuantum mechanicsPhysicsHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsGeological and Geochemical Analysisearthquake and tectonic studies