TELESEISMIC STUDIES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA: EVALUATING THE CHANGING STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION, AND FABRIC AFTER SUBDUCTION

The cessation of wide-scale subduction and orogenic compression during the early to mid-Cenozoic radically altered the North American Cordillera. This dissertation summarizes the results of three seismic studies, conducted in different regions of western North America, aimed at understanding how the...

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Main Author: Frassetto, Andrew Michael
Other Authors: Zandt, George
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195821