Crustal structure along the EDGE transect beneath the Kodiak shelf off Alaska derived from OBH seismic refraction data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 283-302

  Ye, S ^a   Flueh, E R ^a   Klaeschen, D ^a   Von Huene, R ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; Alaska; Continental evolution; Crustal structure; Underplating

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACCRETIONARY PRISMS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETRY; UNDERPLATING;

GULF OF ALASKA, KODIAK SHELF;

EID: 0030658970     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb05648.x     Document Type: Article

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