3D simultaneous seismic refraction and reflection tomography of wide-angle data from the central Chilean margin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2577-2580

  Zelt, Colin A ^a   Hojka, André M ^b   Flueh, Ernst R ^b   McIntosh, Kirk D ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY; REFRACTION; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CHILEAN MARGIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC REFRACTION TOMOGRAPHY; ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; GEOLOGIC FEATURES; INTERFACE STRUCTURES; INVERSION TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SUBDUCTING PLATE; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TOMOGRAPHIC METHODS;

SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHILE; CHILEAN MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033377197     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900545     Document Type: Article

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