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The 1° × 1° distribution map of crust-mantle structural ratio R for the lithosphere along the Longitudinal Seismic Belt of China has been compiled using computer based on the results of geophysical prospecting by previous researchers, and the latest results by the present authors. Based on this map, an insight into the structural features of the crust-mantle assemblage along the Longitudinal Seismic Belt has been gained, while their relation to seismic activity and the distributions of geothermal flux and intracrustal high conductivity-low velocity layers, as well as their tectonic effect to seismicity have been discussed.
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Contribution No. 97A0079, Institute of Geophysics, State Seismological Bureau, China.
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Mao, TE., Liu, ZP., Xu, CF. et al. Structural features of crust-mantle assemblage in the lithosphere along the longitudinal Seismic Belt of China and their tectonic effect. Acta Seimol. Sin. 11, 189–196 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-998-0056-0
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