Crust and upper mantle heterogeneities in the southwest Pacific from surface wave phase velocity analysis

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 211-234

  Pillet, R ^a   Rouland, D ^b   Roult, G ^c   Wiens, D A ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Permanent and temporary broadband networks; Phase velocity deviations; Southwest pacific; Surface wave

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033540360     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00137-X     Document Type: Article

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