Observed and predicted North American teleseismic delay times

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 402, Issue C, 2014, Pages 6-15

  Lou, Xiaoting ^a   van der Lee, Suzan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continent; Delay time; North America; Plate tectonics; Tomographic models; USArray

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTINENT; DELAY TIME; NORTH AMERICA; TOMOGRAPHIC; USARRAY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84926277579     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.056     Document Type: Article

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