Crustal velocity structure across the eastern Snake River Plain and the Yellowstone swell

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 7171-7186

  Peng, Xiaohua ^a   Humphreys, Eugene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HOTSPOT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; USA;

EID: 0032502501     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03615     Document Type: Article

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