A two-dimensional tomographic study of the Clipperton transform fault

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 17885-17899

  Van Avendonk, Harm J A ^a,c   Harding, Alistair J ^a   Orcutt, John A ^a   McClain, James S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

FAULT; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSFORM FAULT; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CLIPPERTON FRACTURE ZONE; EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032504739     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00904     Document Type: Article

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