Modeling anisotropy and plate-driven flow in the Tonga subduction zone back arc

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B7, 2000, Pages 16181-16191

  Fischer, Karen M ^a   Parmentier, E M ^a   Stine, Alexander R ^a,b   Wolf, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATE MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0034631623     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900441     Document Type: Article

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