Crustal structure below the valley of Mexico estimated from receiver functions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3304-3311

  Cruz Atienza, V M ^a   Iglesias, A ^a   Pacheco, J F ^b   Shapiro, N M ^c   Singh, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

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EID: 78650162026     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100051     Document Type: Note

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