Location of the southern edge of the Gorda slab and evidence for an adjacent asthenospheric window: Results from seismic profiling and gravity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B12, 1998, Pages 30101-30115

  Beaudoin, Bruce C ^a   Hole, John A ^a,c   Klemperer, Simon L ^a   Tréhu, Anne M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

EID: 0032506734     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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