Velocity structure in upper ocean crust at Hole 504B from vertical seismic profiles

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 15361-15376

  Swift, Stephen A ^a   Lizarralde, D ^a,b   Stephen, Ralph A ^a   Hoskins, Hartley ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

COSTA RICA RIFT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032503880     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00766     Document Type: Article

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