Three-dimensional seismic model of the Sierra Nevada arc, California, and its implications for crustal and upper mantle composition

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B5, 2000, Pages 10899-10921

  Fliedner, Moritz M ^a,c   Klemperer, Simon L ^a   Christensen, Nikolas I ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034630684     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900029     Document Type: Article

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