Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure of the northwestern United States

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Roth, Jeffrey B ^a   Fouch, Matthew J ^a   James, David E ^b   Carlson, Richard W ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; LANDFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OCEAN HABITATS; SEISMIC WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MANTLE FLOW; MANTLE PLUMES; NEW MODEL; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLAB; TECTONIC SETTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53749095470     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034669     Document Type: Article

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