Receiver function study of the crustal structure of the southeastern Caribbean plate boundary and Venezuela

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Niu, Fenglin ^a   Bravo, Tammy ^b   Pavlis, Gary ^b   Vernon, Frank ^c   Rendon, Herbert ^d   Bezada, Maximiliano ^a   Levander, Alan ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Independent Geological Engineer   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FORELAND BASIN; MOHO; PLATE BOUNDARY; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOTECTONICS; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GUYANA SHIELD; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 38449109831     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004802     Document Type: Article

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