Crustal structure transition from oceanic arc to continental arc, Eastern Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 567-579

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

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alaska Peninsula; Aleutian Islands; Crust; Crustal thickening; Three dimensional models; Velocity analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ISLAND ARC; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033915969     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(00)00142-4     Document Type: Article

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