Topography of the "410" and "660" km seismic discontinuities in the Izu-Bonin subduction zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1535-1538

  Collier, Jonathan D ^a   Helffrich, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

DISCONTINUITIES; LITHOSPHERIC SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

SEISMOLOGY;

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE; PHASE TRANSITION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOPOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC, IZU-BONIN ARC;

CHANGING TEMPERATURE; DISCONTINUITY PROPERTY; LITHOSPHERIC SLAB; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THERMOCHEMICAL EFFECTS; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

EID: 0031156285     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01383     Document Type: Article

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