Seismic Vp & Vs tomography of Texas & Oklahoma with a focus on the Gulf Coast margin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 402, Issue C, 2014, Pages 148-156

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

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaminated crust; Laurentia craton; Passive margin; Seismic tomography; Shear zone; Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS;

DELAMINATED CRUST; LAURENTIA CRATON; OKLAHOMA; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHEAR ZONE;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 84926279108     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.12.027     Document Type: Article

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