Upper mantle surprises derived from the recent Virginia earthquake waveform data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 402, Issue C, 2014, Pages 167-175

  Chu, Risheng ^a   Helmberger, Don ^a   Gurnis, Michael ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; Upper mantle; X discontinuity

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE WAVEFORMS; HIGH VELOCITY GRADIENTS; LITHOSPHERE; LOW-VELOCITY ANOMALY; NORTH AMERICAN CRATONS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; UPPER MANTLE; X-DISCONTINUITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84920133910     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.023     Document Type: Article

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