Constraints on crustal structure and complex moho topography beneath Piñon Flat, California, from teleseismic receiver functions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1830-1844

  Baker, G Eli ^a   Minster, J Bernard ^a   Zandt, George ^b   Gurrola, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO TOPOGRAPHY; P WAVE; TELESEISMIC DATA;

USA, CALIFORNIA, PINON FLAT;

EID: 0030417652     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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