Poisson's ratio structure of young oceanic crust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 20981-20996

  Collier, J S ^a   Singh, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032505274     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01980     Document Type: Article

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