Shear and compressional wave structure of the East Pacific Rise, 9°-10°N

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B4, 1997, Pages 7821-7835

  Christeson, G L ^a   Shaw, P R ^b   Garmany, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOGRAPH; P WAVE; P-WAVES; S WAVE; S-WAVES; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

EID: 0030748899     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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