Continental subduction and three-dimensional crustal structure: The northern South Island, New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 11843-11861

  Eberhart Phillips, Donna ^a,b   Reyners, Martin ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SUBDUCTION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0001726418     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb03555     Document Type: Article

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