S-wave velocity structure beneath the High Lava Plains, Oregon, from Rayleigh-wave dispersion inversion

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 121-131

  Warren, Linda M ^a   Snoke, J Arthur ^b   James, David E ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

continental intraplate volcanism; EarthScope; High Lava Plains; Newberry hotspot track; Oregon; Rayleigh waves; upper mantle structure; USArray

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM; EARTHSCOPE; HIGH LAVA PLAINS; NEWBERRY HOTSPOT TRACK; OREGON; RAYLEIGH WAVES; UPPER-MANTLE STRUCTURE; USARRAY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELASTIC WAVES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; LANDFORMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

MANTLE STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51249113855     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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