Seismic attenuation tomography of the Tonga-Fiji region using phase pair methods

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B3, 1999, Pages 4795-4809

  Roth, Erich G ^a   Wiens, Douglas A ^a   Dorman, Leroy M ^b   Hildebrand, John ^b   Webb, Spahr C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

FIJI; TONGA;

EID: 0033541056     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900052     Document Type: Article

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