Crustal thickness estimates for Baja California, Sonora, and Sinaloa, Mexico, using disperse surface waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  López Pineda, Leobardo ^a,b   Rebollar, Cecilio J ^a   Quintanar, Luis ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Estudios Superiores del Estado de Sonora   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA INVERSION; S-WAVE; SEISMOGRAPH; SURFACE WAVE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SINALOA; SONORA;

EID: 34250686109     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003899     Document Type: Article

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