Velocity structure from forward modeling of the eastern ridge-transform intersection area of the Clipperton Fracture Zone, East Pacific Rise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B4, 1997, Pages 7803-7820

  Begnaud, Michael L ^a   McClain, James S ^a   Barth, Ginger A ^b   Orcutt, John A ^c   Harding, Alistair J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTURE ZONES; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OCEANIC CRUST; RIDGE/TRANSFORM INTERSECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; TRANSFORM FAULT;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE, CLIPPERTON FRACTURE ZONE;

EID: 0030840463     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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