S velocity variations beneath North America

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Bedle, Heather ^a   Van Der Lee, Suzan ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; HETEROGENEITY; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PARAMETERIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; RAYLEIGH WAVE; REGULATORY APPROACH; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349671499     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005949     Document Type: Article

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