The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary observed with USArray receiver functions

Solid Earth

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-159

  Kumar, P ^a,b   Yuan, X ^a   Kind, R ^a,c   Mechie, J ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORADO PLATEAU; COLUMBIA; EAST COAST; GENERAL SOLUTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER RESOLUTION; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; LOW VELOCITY ZONES; PETROPHYSICAL MODELS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; S-RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; SEISMIC OBSERVATION; SEISMIC STATION; SURFACE-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY;

LABORATORIES;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE WAVE; WATER CONTENT; BASALT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC WAVE;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH CAROLINA; ROCKY MOUNT; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84870853796     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-3-149-2012     Document Type: Article

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