S wave velocity structure below central Mexico using high-resolution surface wave tomography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Iglesias, A ^a   Clayton, R W ^b   Prez Campos, X ^a   Singh, S K ^a   Pacheco, J F ^a,c   Garcia D ^a   Valdes Gonzalez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FOREARC BASIN; IMAGE RESOLUTION; ISLAND ARC; LOWER CRUST; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC WEDGE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE DISPERSION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 77954381933     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006332     Document Type: Article

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