Geothermal anomalies in the crust and upper mantle along Southern Rocky Mountain transitions

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 431-441

  Reiter, Marshall ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomaly half width and source depth; Crust and upper mantle; FFT filtering; Geothermal anomalies; Southern Rocky Mountain transitions

Indexed keywords

CRUST MANTLE; GEOTHERMAL ANOMALY; UPPER MANTLE;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GRAVITATION; HEAT TRANSFER; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

TECTONICS;

ALGORITHM; BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GRAVITY FLOW; GRAVITY WAVE; HEAT FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SMOOTHING; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UPPER MANTLE;

COLORADO PLATEAU; GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 44449106532     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26198.1     Document Type: Article

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