Rayleigh-wave dispersion along the Hawaiian Swell: A test of lithospheric thinning by thermal rejuvenation at a hotspot

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 325-339

  Woods, Mark T ^a,b   Okal, Emile A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotspots; Oceanic lithosphere; Rayleigh waves

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; HOTSPOT; HOTSPOTS; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVES; REJUVENATION; SWELL; THERMAL REJUVENATION;

PACIFIC, HAWAIIAN SWELL;

EID: 0029751243     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb00002.x     Document Type: Article

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