Modeling the Tonga slab: Can travel time data resolve a metastable olivine wedge?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B12, 1998, Pages 30079-30100

  Koper, Keith D ^a,c   Wiens, Douglas A ^a   Dorman, LeRoy M ^b   Hildebrand, John A ^b   Webb, Spahr C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIVINE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC WEDGE; TRAVEL TIME;

PACIFIC OCEAN; TONGA TRENCH;

EID: 0032506736     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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