Using S wave receiver functions to estimate crustal structure beneath ice sheets: An application to the Transantarctic Mountains and East Antarctic craton

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Hansen, Samantha E ^a   Julià, Jordi ^a   Nyblade, Andrew A ^a   Pyle, Moira L ^b   Wiens, Douglas A ^b   Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ice sheets; S wave receiver functions; Transantarctic mountains

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249114460     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002576     Document Type: Article

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