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Dueker & Humphreys 1990
Dueker, K. and Humphreys, E. (1990). Upper-mantle velocity structure of the Great Basin. Geophysical Research Letters 17: doi: 10.1029/90GL01335. issn: 0094-8276.

Teleseismic P-wave travel-times measured in the eastern Great Basin show ~1 sec variations in travel-time residuals. Inversion of these data images an alternating sequence of high- and low-velocity upper-mantle bodies trending NE across the eastern margin of the Great Basin. Low-velocity mantle lies beneath the volcanic trends of the eastern Snake River Plain and the St. George volcanic field. These two low-velocity trends are separated by high-velocity mantle extending from northern Utah to SW Wyoming. Combining these results with seismic data from the western Great Basin reveals a continuation of these upper-mantle trends across the Great Basin. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1990

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Seismology, Core and mantle, Information Related to Geographic Region, North America
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