On the contemporary Earth, distinct plate tectonic settings are characterized by differences in
heat flow that are recorded in metamorphic rocks as differences in apparent thermal …

Deep fluids are important for the evolution and properties of the lower continental and arc
crust in tectonically active settings. They comprise four components: H2O, nonpolar gases …

The ongoing collision of the Indian and Asian continents has created the Himalaya and
Tibetan plateau through a range of deformation processes. These include crustal thickening …

The magnetotelluric (MT) method, a technique for probing the electrical conductivity
structure of the Earth, is increasingly used both in applied geophysics and in basic research …

The Cenozoic collision between the Indian and Asian continents formed the Tibetan plateau,
beginning about 70 million years ago. Since this time, at least 1,400 km of convergence has …

In the early 1980s, evidence that crustal rocks had reached temperatures> 1000° C at
normal lower crustal pressures while others had followed low thermal gradients to record …

As a prominent geophysical anomaly, unusually high seismic wave attenuation is observed
in the crust and upper mantle of the Tibetan Plateau, particularly along its northern area …

Two crustal cross sections through the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau are jointly
determined from deep seismic sounding. The E–W trending line AA'passes through the …

Many seismic and magnetotelluric experiments within Tibet provide proxies for lithospheric
temperature and lithology, and hence rheology. Most data have been collected between c …

Understanding the Mesozoic–Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the North China Craton (NCC)
and the NE Tibetan Plateau (TP) requires detailed knowledge of the lithospheric structure …