Geodynamics of the Gulf of California from surface wave tomography

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 192-193, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-67

  Zhang, Xiaomei ^a,b   Paulssen, Hanneke ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gulf of California; Radial anisotropy; Surface waves; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL RIFTING; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; DEPTH RANGE; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; HIGH VELOCITY; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; LOW VELOCITIES; LOW-VELOCITY ANOMALY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MICROPLATES; OLIVINE CRYSTALS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; RADIAL ANISOTROPY; RADIALLY ANISOTROPIC; RAYLEIGH; SEISMIC STATION; SHEAR VELOCITY MODELS; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SLAB WINDOWS; SURFACE-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHIC; TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION; UPPER MANTLE; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT; VERTICAL FLOWS; VERTICAL SHEAR;

ANISOTROPY; OLIVINE; SHEAR WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

GEODYNAMICS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MICROPLATE; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RIFTING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; SURFACE WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE VELOCITY;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84862820832     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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