Intraplate earthquakes and a seismically defined lateral transition in the upper mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 3953-3956

  Thybo, H ^a   Perchuc E ^b   Zhou, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SEISMOLOGY;

BRITTLE UPPER CRUST; DIFFERENTIAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; EMIGMATIC INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMICALLY DEFINED LATERAL TRANSITION; TRAVEL TIME ANALYSIS; UPPER MANTLE;

TECTONICS; EARTHQUAKES;

INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

COMPRESSIONAL; DENSITY CHANGE; DIFFERENTIAL POTENTIAL ENERGIES; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; RESULTANT DEFORMATION; SEISMIC DATAS; STRESS LEVELS; WESTERN REGION;

EID: 0034484582     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011636     Document Type: Article

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