Mantle structure beneath the western edge of the Colorado Plateau

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Sine, Christopher R ^a   Wilson, D ^b   Gao, W ^c   Grand, Steve P ^d   Aster, R ^e   Ni, J ^f   Baldridge, W S ^g  

^a Occidental Petroleum   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c TGS NOPEC Geophysical Co   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND SEISMOMETERS; COLORADO PLATEAUX; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERES; GREAT BASINS; LONG LINES; MANTLE LITHOSPHERES; MANTLE STRUCTURES; NEW MEXICO; PROTEROZOIC; SHARP CONTRASTS; TELESEISMIC; TRANSITION ZONES; TRAVEL TIMES;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMOGRAPH; SUBDUCTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TRAVEL TIME;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; COLORADO PLATEAU; GREAT BASIN; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 58049116557     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033391     Document Type: Article

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