wa014.html row 27 col 8 western Washington tomography p-wave model

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Figure 24--At row 27, the increased underthrusting through the mafic wedge gap is evident. There is also a very low angle attitude to the Crescent Fm. which forms the upper plate of the thrust northwest of Seattle. This upper plate of Crescent Fm. extends downward into the wedge gap.

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