Two-dimensional velocity models of the Nazca plate subduction zone between 19.5° S and 25° S from wide-angle seismic measurements during the CINCA95 project

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B4, 1999, Pages 7293-7317

  Patzwahl, Regina ^a   Mechie, James ^b   Schulze, Albrecht ^b   Giese, Peter ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHILE;

EID: 0033541431     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900008     Document Type: Article

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