Constraints on the origin of slab and mantle wedge anomalies in Tonga from the ratio of S to P velocities

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B7, 1999, Pages 15089-15104

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

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLAB; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

(SOUTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN; TONGA;

EID: 0032739734     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900130     Document Type: Article

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