Surface wave tomography applied to the North American upper mantle

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 157, Issue , 2005, Pages 67-80

  van Der Lee, Suzan ^a   Frederiksen, Andrew ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 85040230626     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/157GM05     Document Type: Chapter

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