Crust and upper mantle velocity structure of the Yellowstone hot spot and surroundings

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Schutt, Derek L ^a   Dueker, Ken ^a   Yuan, Huaiyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EMPLACEMENT; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; P-WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE VOLCANIC PLATEAU;

EID: 44449134995     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005109     Document Type: Article

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