Tomographic Pn velocity and anisotropy structure in the Central and Eastern United States

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 422-427

  Zhang, Qie ^a   Sandvol, Eric ^a   Liu, Mian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES;

ANISOTROPIC MODELS; COMPLEX PATTERNS; DATA MANAGEMENTS; HIGH VELOCITIES; INFORMATION CENTERS; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES; LOCAL DEFORMATIONS; LOW-VELOCITY ANOMALIES; NORTH AMERICANS; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; RIGID BLOCKS; SEISMIC ZONES; STRESS ACCUMULATIONS; SURFACE LOCATIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC;

VELOCITY;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC ZONE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60649083632     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080246     Document Type: Article

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