Three-dimensional crustal structure of Long Valley caldera, California, and evidence for the migration of CO2 under Mammoth Mountain

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Foulger, G R ^a   Julian, B R ^a   Pitt, A M ^a   Hill, D P ^a   Malin, P E ^b   Shalev, E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Crustal structure; Earthquakes; Long Valley; Tomography; Volcano

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; LONG VALLEY; MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038792042     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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