Crustal structure beneath the High Lava Plains of eastern Oregon and surrounding regions from receiver function analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Eagar, Kevin C ^a   Fouch, Matthew J ^a   James, David E ^b   Carlson, Richard W ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FLOOD BASALT; LAVA; P-WAVE; PARTIAL MELTING; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VOLCANISM;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952291808     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007795     Document Type: Article

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