Seismic Investigation of the Yavapai-Mazatzal Transition Zone and the Jemez Lineament in Northeastern New Mexico

The Rocky Mountain Region: An Evolving Lithosphere: Tectonics, Geochemistry, and Geophysics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 227-238

  Magnani, Maria Beatrice ^a   Levander, Alan ^a   Miller, Kate C ^b   Eshete, Tefera ^b   Karlstrom, Karl E ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Geology, Structural Rocky Mountains; Geophysics Rocky Mountains; Orogeny Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DUPLEX STRUCTURES; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC INVESTIGATIONS; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84872244084     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/154GM16     Document Type: Chapter

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