Seismic reflections from the mantle represent relict subduction zones within the continental lithosphere

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-42

  Warner, Michael ^a   Morgan, Joanna ^a   Barton, Penny ^b   Morgan, Peter ^b   Price, Claire ^a   Jones, Kevin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES;

CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEEP SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; OCEANIC SUBDUCTION; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SEISMIC REFLECTORS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; HIGH VELOCITY; OCEANIC CRUST;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; RELICT SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0029753663     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0039:SRFTMR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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