Open AccessLithosphere–asthenosphere interaction beneath the western United States from the joint inversion of body‐wave traveltimes and surface‐wave phase velocities
Author(s) -
Obrebski Mathias,
Allen Richard M,
Pollitz Fred,
Hung ShuHuei
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
geophysical journal international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0956-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.2011.04990.x
Subject(s) - geology , lithosphere , mantle (geology) , seismology , crust , seismic tomography , asthenosphere , mantle convection , geophysics , tectonics
The relation between the complex geological history of the western margin of the North American plate and the processes in the mantle is still not fully documented and understood. Several pre-USArray local seismic studies showed how the characteristics of key geological features such as the Colorado Plateau and the Yellowstone Snake River Plains are linked to their deep mantle structure. Recent bo...