Liao, Yangyang; Liu, Kelly H.; Gao, Stephen S. (2025) Receiver Function Imaging of the Mantle Transition Zone Beneath the East Sayan Mountains and Adjacent Area in Central Asia: Implications for Lithospheric Drip and Intraplate Cenozoic Volcanism. Geophysical Research Letters, 52 (15). doi:10.1029/2025gl117229

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Title	Receiver Function Imaging of the Mantle Transition Zone Beneath the East Sayan Mountains and Adjacent Area in Central Asia: Implications for Lithospheric Drip and Intraplate Cenozoic Volcanism
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Authors	Liao, Yangyang		Author
	Liu, Kelly H.		Author
	Gao, Stephen S.		Author
Year	2025 (August 16)	Volume	52
Issue	15
Publisher	American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI	doi:10.1029/2025gl117229Search in ResearchGate
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Full Reference	Liao, Yangyang; Liu, Kelly H.; Gao, Stephen S. (2025) Receiver Function Imaging of the Mantle Transition Zone Beneath the East Sayan Mountains and Adjacent Area in Central Asia: Implications for Lithospheric Drip and Intraplate Cenozoic Volcanism. Geophysical Research Letters, 52 (15). doi:10.1029/2025gl117229
Plain Text	Liao, Yangyang; Liu, Kelly H.; Gao, Stephen S. (2025) Receiver Function Imaging of the Mantle Transition Zone Beneath the East Sayan Mountains and Adjacent Area in Central Asia: Implications for Lithospheric Drip and Intraplate Cenozoic Volcanism. Geophysical Research Letters, 52 (15). doi:10.1029/2025gl117229
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