New constraints on the properties of the Yellowstone mantle plume from P and S wave attenuation tomography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Adams, David C ^a   Humphreys, Eugene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DATA INVERSION; MANTLE PLUME; MELTING; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAPH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE ATTENUATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 78650293572     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006864     Document Type: Article

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