Dispersion of regional body waves at 100-150 km depth beneath Alaska: In situ constraints on metamorphism of subducted crust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1171-1174

  Abers, Geoffrey A ^a   Sarker, Golam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; METAMORPHISM; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTED CRUST; WAVE DISPERSION;

USA, ALASKA;

ACOUSTIC DISPERSION; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEISMOLOGY; WAVEGUIDES; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES;

ALASKA SLAB; MANTLE; METAMORPHISM; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; REGIONAL BODY WAVES; SUBDUCTED CRUST;

SEISMIC WAVES; DISPERSION (WAVES);

BODY WAVES; CONTINUOUS LAYERS; ECLOGITES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; OCEANIC CRUST; PHASE DELAY; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029666523     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00974     Document Type: Article

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