No regional anisotropic domains in the northeastern U.S. Appalachians

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B8, 2000, Pages 19029-19042

  Levin, Vadim ^a   Menke, William ^b   Park, Jeffrey ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034632569     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900123     Document Type: Article

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