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Livia Squires
Researcher at California Institute of Technology
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Citations - 207
Livia Squires is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Continental crust & Basin and range topography. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 201 citations.
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Origin of high mountains in the continents: The Southern Sierra Nevada
Brian P. Wernicke,Robert W. Clayton,Mihai N. Ducea,Craig H. Jones,Stephen K. Park,Stan Ruppert,Jason B. Saleeby,J. Kent Snow,Livia Squires,Moritz M. Fliedner,George R. Jiracek,Randy Keller,Simon L. Klemperer,James H. Luetgert,Peter Malin,Kate C. Miller,Walter D. Mooney,Howard W. Oliver,Robert A. Phinney +18 more
TL;DR: Active and passive seismic experiments show that the southern Sierra, despite standing 1.8 to 2.8 kilometers above its surroundings, is underlain by crust of similar seismic thickness, about 30 to 40 kilometers.