Anisotropic Pn tomography in the western United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 8403-8414

  Hearn, Thomas M ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE ANISOTROPY; MANTLE STRAIN; P WAVE; TECTONICS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

USA;

EID: 0029774222     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00114     Document Type: Article

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