Pn tomography of the western United States using USArray

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Buehler, Janine S ^a   Shearer, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; ARRIVAL TIME; BLASTING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC SETTING; WAVE SPLITTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957736008     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006874     Document Type: Article

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