Abrupt changes in crustal structure beneath the Coast Ranges of northern California -developing new techniques in receiver function analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 313-336

  Hayes, Gavin P ^a   Furlong, Kevin P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Mendocino triple junction; Moho discontinuity; Northern California; Poisson's ratio; Seismic deconvolution

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CRUSTAL THINNING; DATA SET; DECONVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; LOWER CRUST; MOHO; PLATE MOTION; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447253312     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03401.x     Document Type: Article

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