Mantle structure beneath the western United States and its implications for convection processes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Xue, Mei ^a,b   Allen, Richard M ^b  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; JUAN DE FUCA PLATE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955596386     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006079     Document Type: Article

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