Surface wave studies of the Sierra Madre Occidental of northern Mexico

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1323-1337

  Bonner, Jessie L ^a   Herrin, Eugene T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033500677     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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