P-to-S and S-to-P imaging of a sharp lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath eastern North America

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Rychert, Catherine A ^a,b   Rondenay, Stéphane ^c   Fischer, Karen M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; DATA INVERSION; IMAGING METHOD; LITHOSPHERE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 35348913795     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004619     Document Type: Article

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