A sharp lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary imaged beneath eastern North America

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7050, 2005, Pages 542-545

  Rychert, Catherine A ^a   Fischer, Karen M ^a   Rondenay, Stéphane ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; VOLATILE ENRICHMENT;

TECTONICS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; VELOCITY;

EID: 23444443861     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03904     Document Type: Article

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