Imaging the moho and subducted oceanic crust at the isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico, from receiver functions

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 1449-1460

  Melgar, Diego ^a,b   Pérez Campos, Xyoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Moho depth; Receiver functions; Slab subduction

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

BROADBAND STATION; MOHO DEPTH; MOHO TOPOGRAPHY; OCEANIC CRUST; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SLAB GEOMETRY; SLAB SUBDUCTION; VOLCANIC FIELD;

TOPOGRAPHY;

COCOS PLATE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; IMAGING METHOD; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; SLAB; STACKING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC; LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

EID: 80053051256     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0199-5     Document Type: Article

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