Evidence for a deep asthenosphere beneath North America from western United States SKS splits

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 291-294

  Schutt, Derek L ^a   Humphreys, Eugene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Asthenosphere; Plate motion; Western United States

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LITHOGRAPHY; STRAIN;

GEOLOGY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRAIN; UPPER MANTLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879889069     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0291:EFADAB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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