Results of the Basin and Range Geoscientific Experiment (BARGE): A marine-style seismic reflection survey across the eastern boundary of the central Basin and Range Province

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2000, Pages

  Brady, Robert ^a   Wernicke, Brian ^b   McNutt, Marcia ^c   Mutter, John ^a   Correa, Gustavo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; extension; Nevada; Seismic; tectonics; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ARIZONA; EXTENSION; NEVADA; SEISMIC; TERTIARY;

SURVEYS;

EID: 34548547191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GC000078     Document Type: Article

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