Anomalous delays of teleseismic P waves in Yellowstone National Park

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TELESEISMIC P waves recorded by a short-period seismic network, comprising 12 stations, in Yellowstone National Park, show anomalous delays of 1–2 s in their travel times in the central region of the park relative to the surrounding area. To explain this phenomenon, I propose that a substantial body of low velocity material is present beneath the park, with horizontal dimensions of several tens of kilometres; it may be the magma chamber associated with the volcanism of Yellowstone (ref. 1, and G. P. Eaton et al., unpublished).


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Iyer, H.M., 1975, Anomalous delays of teleseismic P waves in Yellowstone National Park: Nature, v. 253, no. 5491, p. 425-427, https://doi.org/10.1038/253425a0.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Anomalous delays of teleseismic P waves in Yellowstone National Park
Series title Nature
DOI 10.1038/253425a0
Volume 253
Issue 5491
Year Published 1975
Language English
Publisher Nature
Description 3 p.
First page 425
Last page 427
Country United States
State Wyoming
Other Geospatial Yellowstone National Park
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