Estimating a continuous Moho surface for the California unified velocity model

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 728-735

  Tape, Carl ^a   Plesch, Andreas ^b   Shaw, John H ^b   Gilbert, Hersh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA SET; MODELING; MOHO; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866408530     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220110118     Document Type: Article

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