Crustal structure in the central South Island, New Zealand, from the Lake Pukaki seismic experiment

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-49

  Kleffmann, Stefan ^a   Davey, Fred ^b   Melhuish, Anne ^b   Okaya, David ^c   Stern, Tim ^a   Sight Team, ^d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d South Island GeopHysical Transect working group   (United States)

Author keywords

Active source seismology; Central South Island; Crustal structure; Lake Pukaki; Reflection; Refraction; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031872897     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1998.9514789     Document Type: Article

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