A statistical assessment of seismic models of the U.S. continental crust using Bayesian inversion of ambient noise surface wave dispersion data: Bayesian Evaluation of U.S. Crustal Models
- Award ID(s):
- 1650365
- PAR ID:
- 10099495
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Tectonics
- Volume:
- 36
- Issue:
- 7
- ISSN:
- 0278-7407
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1232 to 1253
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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