The southern sierra nevada drip and the mantle wind direction beneath the Southwestern United States

International Geology Review

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-224

  Zandt, George ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; DELAMINATION; DOWNWELLING; MANTLE PROCESS; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041887353     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.45.3.213     Document Type: Article

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