P-wave tomography of the western United States: Insight into the Yellowstone hotspot and the Juan de Fuca slab

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 200-201, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-84

  Tian, You ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Juan de Fuca slab; Mantle plume; Seismic tomography; Structure heterogeneity; Western United States; Yellowstone hotspot

Indexed keywords

JUAN DE FUCA SLAB; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STRUCTURE HETEROGENEITY; WESTERN UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARRIVAL TIME; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; HOT SPOT; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE;

COLORADO PLATEAU; OREGON; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861138515     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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