Structure of au island-arc: Wide-angle seismic studies in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B5, 1999, Pages 10667-10694

  Fliedner, Moritz M ^a,b   Klemperer, Simon L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ISLAND ARC; MAFIC ROCK; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033541980     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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