High-resolution receiver function imaging reveals Colorado Plateau lithospheric architecture and mantle-supported topography

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Wilson, David C ^a   Aster, Richard ^b   Grand, Stephen ^c   Ni, James ^d   Baldridge, W Scott ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d New Mexico State University   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL;

AVERAGE ELEVATION; COLORADO PLATEAU; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EDGE EFFECT; HIGH RESOLUTION; LITHOSPHERIC; MANTLE UPWELLINGS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS;

BUOYANCY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BUOYANCY; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THINNING; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERE; SEA LEVEL; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149265302     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044799     Document Type: Article

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