Density structure of the lithosphere in the southwestern United States and its tectonic significance

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B1, 2001, Pages 721-739

  Kaban, Mikhail K ^a   Mooney, Walter D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DENSITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; TECTONIC SETTING;

(SOUTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035093202     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900235     Document Type: Article

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