The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath the western United States

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 700-710

  Li, Xueqing ^a   Yuan, Xiaohui ^a   Kind, Rainer ^a,b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Converted waves; Farallon Plate; Lithosphere; Receiver functions

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; DELAMINATION; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PARTIAL MELTING; S-WAVE; UPWELLING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547175762     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03428.x     Document Type: Article

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