Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the contiguous United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 6452-6468

  Gao, Stephen S ^a   Liu, Kelly H ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; SLAB; TRANSITION ZONE;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; BERMUDA; COAST RANGES; COLORADO PLATEAU; GREAT PLAINS; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911029363     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011253     Document Type: Article

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