Lithospheric expression of geological units in central and eastern North America from full waveform tomography

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 402, Issue C, 2014, Pages 176-186

  Yuan, Huaiyu ^a   French, Scott ^a   Cupillard, Paul ^a,d   Romanowicz, Barbara ^a,b,c  

^a Berkeley Seismological Laboratory   (United States)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Craton; Eastern North America; Lithosphere; Seismic tomography; Surface waves; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LITHOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; TECTONICS; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CRATON; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84926277032     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.057     Document Type: Article

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