Seismic structure of the crust and uppermost mantle of north America and adjacent oceanic basins: A synthesis

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2478-2492

  Chulick, Gary S ^a   Mooney, Walter D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR MEASUREMENT; MAPS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SEISMIC STRUCTURES;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036704548     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120010188     Document Type: Article

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