Topography of the 660-km seismic discontinuity beneath Izu-Bonin: Implications for tectonic history and slab deformation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 12511-12527

  Castle, John C ^a   Creager, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLAB DEFORMATION;

EID: 0032503463     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00503     Document Type: Article

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