Acknowledging using our iris-related facilities and Data as of December 2016, updated August 2017

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Levander, A., F. Niu, M.S. Miller, Y. Zhai, and K. Liu (2007), 'USArray Receiver Function Images of the Lithosphere in the Western U.S', AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 44, p. 01

Levander, A., B. Schmandt, M.S. Miller, K. Liu, K.E. Karlstrom, R.S. Crow, C.T. A. Lee, and E.D. Humphreys (2011), 'Continuing Colorado plateau uplift by delamination-style convective lithospheric downwelling', Nature, 472(7344), p. 461-465 doi: 10.1038/nature10001

Levandowski, W., and C.H. Jones (2014), '3D density model of the western US lithosphere: Insights on chemistry, temperature, topography, and intraplate stress', AGU Fall Meeting 2014, abstract #T43C-4742, 43, p. 4742

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Levandowski, W., O. Boyd, L. Ramirez-Guzman, M. Zellman, and R. Briggs (2015), 'Mapping the Influence of Prior Tectonism on Seismicity in the Central and Eastern US', AGU Fall Meeting 2015, abstract #T14A-06, p.

Levandowski, W., O.S. Boyd, R.W. Briggs, and R.D. Gold (2015), 'A random-walk algorithm for modeling lithospheric density and the role of body forces in the evolution of the Midcontinent Rift', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(12), p. 4084-4107 doi: 10.1002/2015GC005961

Levandowski, W., C.H. Jones, H. Reeg, A. Frassetto, H. Gilbert, G. Zandt, and T. J. Owens (2013), 'Seismological estimates of means of isostatic support of the Sierra Nevada', Geosphere, 9(6), p. 1552-1561 doi: 10.1130/ges00905.1

Levandowski, W., and C.H. Jones (2015), 'Linking Sierra Nevada, California, uplift to subsidence of the Tulare basin using a seismically derived density model', Tectonics, 34(11), p. 2349-2358 doi: 10.1002/2015TC003824

Levandowski, W., C.H. Jones, W. Shen, M.H. Ritzwoller, and V. Schulte-Pelkum (2014), 'Origins of topography in the Western US: Mapping crustal and upper mantle density variations using a uniform seismic velocity model', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(3), p. 2375–2396 doi: 10.1002/2013JB010607

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