Models of lithosphere and asthenosphere anisotropic structure of the Yellowstone hot spot from shear wave splitting

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Waite, Gregory P ^a,b   Schutt, Derek L ^c   Smith, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; HOT SPOT; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 30144441707     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003501     Document Type: Article

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