Anisotropy of the yellowstone hot spot wake, eastern Snake River plain, Idaho

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 443-462

  Schutt, Derek ^a   Humphreys, Eugene D ^a   Dueker, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Hot spot; Mantle plume; Shear wave anisotropy; Shear wave splitting; SKS splitting; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

USA, IDAHO;

EID: 0031819093     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050122     Document Type: Article

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