The northern Walker Lane refraction experiment: Pn arrivals and the northern Sierra Nevada root

Tectonophysics

Volumn 388, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 253-269

  Louie, John N ^a   Thelen, Weston ^a   Smith, Shane B ^a   Scott, James B ^a   Clark, Matthew ^a   Pullammanappallil, Satish ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Optim Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Great Basin; Seismic refraction; Sierra Nevada; Synthetic seismogram; Walker Lane

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL ROOT; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; TECTONOPHYSICS;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644309387     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.07.042     Document Type: Article

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