Imaging the shallow crust with teleseismic receiver functions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 627-636

  Leahy, Garrett M ^a   Saltzer, Rebecca L ^a   Schmedes, Jan ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Coda waves; Continental tectonics: compressional; Crustal structure; North America

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVES; CODA WAVES; COMPRESSIONAL; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; NORTH AMERICA;

TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

AMBIENT NOISE; BODY WAVE; CODA; COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DISCONTINUITY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; IMAGING METHOD; SEISMIC DATA; TECTONICS; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84867401651     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05615.x     Document Type: Article

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