A new GIS-driven geophysical database for the southwestern United States

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 397, Issue , 2006, Pages 249-267

  Yoburn, Jesse B ^a,c   Fouch, Matthew J ^a   Arrowsmith, J Ramon ^a   Keller, G Randy ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crust; Geophysics; Geospatial analysis; Gis; Mantle

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY;

BOUGUER GRAVITY ANOMALIES; CRUST; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEO-SPATIAL ANALYSIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; MANTLE; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DATABASE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEODETIC NETWORK; GEOPHYSICS; GIS; HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCTION; S-WAVE; STRESS FIELD; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; UPPER MANTLE;

UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 73849145817     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2397(20)     Document Type: Article

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