Three-dimensional crustal structure of the southern Sierra Nevada from seismic fan profiles and gravity modeling

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-370

  Fliedner, Moritz M ^a   Ruppert, Stanley ^b   Malin, P E ^c   Park, S K ^d   Jiracek, G ^e   Phinney, R A ^f   Saleeby, J B ^g   Wernicke, B ^g   Clayton, R ^g   Keller, R ^h   Miller, K ^h   Jones, C ⁱ   Luetgert, J H ^j   Mooney, W D ^a   Oliver, H ^a   Klemperer, S L ^a   Thompson, G A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^j U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL VELOCITY; DENSITY MODELING; DENSITY VARIATIONS; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA; UPPER-MANTLE VELOCITIES; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; BOUGUER ANOMALY; GRAVITY MODELING; SEISMIC FAN PROFILES; SIERRA NEVADA;

SEISMOLOGY; GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THINNING; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MANTLE UPWELLING; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRAVEL TIME; UPLIFT; BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GRAVITY SURVEY; SEISMIC SURVEY; UPPER MANTLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; MANTLE STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; NEVADA; USA;

EID: 0029659208     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0367:TDCSOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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