Simultaneous inversion of local and teleseismic data for the crust and mantle structure of southern California

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 191-214

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a,c   Kanamori, Hiroo ^a   Humphreys, Eugene ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; TELESEISMIC DATA; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029729450     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03076-X     Document Type: Article

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