Seismic structure of the upper mantle beneath the northern Canadian Cordillera from teleseismic travel-time inversion

Tectonophysics

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 43-55

  Frederiksen, A W ^a   Bostock, M G ^a   VanDecar, J C ^b,d   Cassidy, J F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d Nature   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canadian Cordillera; Seismology; Tomography; Upper mantle; Yukon Territory

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CANADA;

EID: 0032581850     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00095-X     Document Type: Article

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