Regional three-dimensional seismic velocity model of the crust and uppermost mantle of northern California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Thurber, Clifford ^a   Zhang, Haijiang ^a,b   Brocher, Thomas ^c   Langenheim, Victoria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CRUST; EARTHQUAKE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MANTLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; CLEAR LAKE [CALIFORNIA]; LAKE TAHOE; LONG VALLEY; MOUNT SHASTA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63249125500     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005766     Document Type: Article

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