Testing five of the simplest upper mantle anisotropic velocity parameterizations using teleseismic S and SKS data from the Billings, Montana PASSCAL array

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; ASTHENOSPHERE; BODY WAVE; DATA SET; LITHOSPHERE; MESOZOIC; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PLATE MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449159335     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005092     Document Type: Article

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