Sn velocities in western and eastern North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1557-1560

  Nolet, Guust ^a   Coutlee, Craig ^b   Clouser, Robert ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Science Dept   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIN; TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTIC WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

AVERAGE DELAY; COLORADO PLATEAU; DELAY TIME; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; LOW VELOCITIES; MICHIGAN BASIN; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

VELOCITY; TECTONICS;

LITHOSPHERE;

SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SN WAVE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032523687     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01156     Document Type: Article

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