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Title: 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
NSF-PAR ID:
10099495
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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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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