Lithospheric evolution of the Pacific-North American Plate Boundary considered in three dimensions

Tectonophysics

Volumn 464, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 43-59

  Biasi, Glenn P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle delamination; P wave tomographic imaging; Plate boundary evolution; Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CRUSTAL SHORTENINGS; LOCAL FEATURES; LOCAL SOURCES; MANTLE DELAMINATION; NORTH AMERICA; P-WAVE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; PALEOGENE; PLATE BOUNDARY EVOLUTION; SAN ANDREAS FAULTS; SCALE STRUCTURES; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA, USA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; UP-WELLING; UPPER MANTLES; VELOCITY STRUCTURES;

EARTHQUAKES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LANDFORMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMOLOGY; STEEL SHEET; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

FORESTRY;

NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58049172564     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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