Tomographic image of low P velocity anomalies above slab in northern Cascadia subduction zone

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 285-293

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Wang, Kelin ^b   Rogers, Garry C ^b   Peacock, Simon M ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ARRIVAL TIME; HEAT FLOW; JUAN DE FUCA PLATE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SLAB; WAVE VELOCITY;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CASCADIA MARGIN; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 0000342440     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352385     Document Type: Article

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