The central Andean Altiplano-Puna magma body

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 783-786

  Chmielowski, Josef ^a   Zandt, George ^a   Haberland, Christian ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

TELESEISMIC RECEIVER FUNCTIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MAGMA CHAMBER; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033559272     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900078     Document Type: Article

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