Sp receiver function imaging of a passive margin: Transect across Texas's Gulf Coastal Plain

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 402, Issue C, 2014, Pages 138-147

  Ainsworth, Ryan ^a   Pulliam, Jay ^a   Gurrola, Harold ^b   Evanzia, Dominic ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf Coastal Plain; Lithosphere asthenosphere boundary; Passive margin; Sp receiver functions

Indexed keywords

HYDRATION; SHEAR WAVES; SURFACE WAVES;

COMMON-CONVERSION POINTS; GULF COASTAL PLAINS; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; LOW VELOCITY LAYERS; PASSIVE MARGIN; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84926278969     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.056     Document Type: Article

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