Table 1 Misfit statistics between model prediction at GPS sites and GPS data. The latter are derived from Liang et al.45

From: Normal faulting and viscous buckling in the Tibetan Plateau induced by a weak lower crust

Model

RMSmisfit

WRMSmisfit

No weak lower crust

6.43

4.78

1021 Pa·s lower crust

6.07

4.51

1020 Pa·s lower crust

5.19

3.86

1019 Pa·s lower crust

4.80

3.57

Case 1-block (three viscosities)

7.42

4.62

Case 2-block (four viscosities)

6.82

4.25

Thinner weak lower crust

5.00

3.09