A three-dimensional image of shallow subduction: Crustal structure of the Raukumara Peninsula, New Zealand

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 873-890

  Reyners, Martin ^a   Eberhart Phillips, Donna ^a   Stuart, Graham ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; New Zealand; Seismic velocities; Subduction; Underplating

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UNDERPLATING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032864369     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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