Rayleigh-wave tomography of the Ontong-Java Plateau

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 29-51

  Richardson, W Philip ^a,b   Okal, Emile A ^a   Van Der Lee, Suzan ^c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ontong Java Plateau; Rayleigh waveform; Solomon Trench

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC SURVEY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034101249     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00122-3     Document Type: Article

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