Receiver function imaging of upper mantle complexity beneath the Pacific Northwest, United States

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 141-153

  Eagar, Kevin C ^a   Fouch, Matthew J ^a   James, David E ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High Lava Plains; Juan de Fuca plate; Mantle discontinuities; Pacific Northwest; Receiver functions; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

HIGH LAVA PLAINS; JUAN DE FUCA PLATE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITIES; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; TRANSITION ZONES;

SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COMPLEXITY; IMAGING METHOD; JUAN DE FUCA PLATE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

IDAHO; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956012129     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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