Imaging lithospheric foundering in the structure of the Sierra Nevada

Geosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1310-1330

  Gilbert, H ^a   Yang, Y ^b   Forsyth, D W ^c   Jones, C H ^d   Owens, T J ^e   Zandt, G ^f   Stachnik, J C ^g  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BATHOLITH; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; LAKE TAHOE; LONG VALLEY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873512387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00790.1     Document Type: Article

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