Upper mantle P wave velocity structure of the eastern Snake River Plain and its relationship to geodynamic models of the region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 11829-11841

  Saltzer, Rebecca L ^a,b   Humphreys, Eugene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE (UPPER); P WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

USA, IDAHO, SNAKE RIVER PLAIN;

EID: 0007667568     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb00211     Document Type: Article

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