Crust and upper mantle P wave velocity structure beneath Valles caldera, New Mexico: Results from the Jemez teleseismic tomography experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 24301-24320

  Steck, Lee K ^a   Thurber, Clifford H ^b   Fehler, Michael C ^a   Lutter, William J ^b   Roberts, Peter M ^a   Baldridge, W Scott ^a   Stafford, Darrik G ^a   Sessions, Robert ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES; VALLES CALDERA;

EID: 0032505846     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00750     Document Type: Article

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