Shear-wave velocity structure in the northern Basin and Range province from the combined analysis of receiver functions and surface waves

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 183-199

  Özalaybey, Serdar ^a,b   Savage, Martha K ^c   Sheehan, Anne F ^d   Louie, John N ^b   Brune, James N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERSION; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SHEAR WAVE; SURFACE WAVE;

USA, BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE;

EID: 0031464863     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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