Constraints for upper mantle shear-wave models of the basin and range from surface-wave inversion

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1591-1607

  Koch, K ^a,c   Stump, B W ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERSION; MANTLE (UPPER); SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR WAVE; SURFACE WAVE;

NORTH AMERICA, BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030431096     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/bssa0860051591     Document Type: Article

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