Rocky Mountain evolution: Tying Continental Dynamics of the Rocky Mountains and Deep Probe seismic experiments with receiver functions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Rumpfhuber, Eva Maria ^a,b,c   Keller, G Randy ^b,c   Sandvol, Eric ^d   Velasco, Aaron A ^a   Wilson, David C ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA SET; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STACKING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; CHEYENNE; NEW MEXICO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 73049116646     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005726     Document Type: Article

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