Mushy magma beneath Yellowstone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Chu, Risheng ^a   Helmberger, Don V ^a   Sun, Daoyuan ^a   Jackson, Jennifer M ^a   Zhu, Lupei ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMA BODIES; P-WAVE ARRIVAL; PHYSICAL STATE; SEISMIC STATION; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; TELESEISMIC; TOMOGRAPHIC; WAVEFORM MODELING; YELLOWSTONES;

GRANITE; METALLIC GLASS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA; P-WAVE; RHYOLITE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE CALDERA;

EID: 75749110516     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041656     Document Type: Article

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