Detailed three-dimensional shear wave velocity structure of the northwestern United States from Rayleigh wave tomography

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 273-284

  Wagner, Lara ^a   Forsyth, Donald W ^b   Fouch, Matthew J ^c   James, David E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High Lava Plains; Pacific Northwest; Shear wave velocity; Snake River Plains; Surface waves; Tomography; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

HIGH LAVA PLAINS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS; YELLOWSTONES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BASALT; OCEAN HABITATS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RAYLEIGH WAVES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; THERMAL PLUMES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SHEAR FLOW;

CALDERA; DATA INVERSION; FLOOD BASALT; MANTLE SOURCE; MIOCENE; PLATE MOTION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM;

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

EID: 78049285689     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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