P wave crustal velocity structure in the greater Mount Rainier area from local earthquake tomography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B5, 1999, Pages 10775-10786

  Moran, Seth C ^a,c   Lees, Jonathan M ^b   Malone, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; P-WAVE; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

MOUNT RAINIER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 17244378522     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900036     Document Type: Article

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