Upper crustal structure of southwestern British Columbia from the 1998 Seismic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Ramachandran, K ^a,b   Dosso, S E ^a   Zelt, C A ^c   Spence, G D ^a   Hyndman, R D ^a,b   Brocher, T M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia; Seismic tomography; Wide angle

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10044248997     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002826     Document Type: Article

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