Teleseismic P wave delays and modes of shortening the mantle lithosphere beneath South Island, New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B9, 2000, Pages 21615-21631

  Stern, Tim ^a   Molnar, Peter ^b   Okaya, David ^c   Eberhart Phillips, Donna ^d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034633196     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900166     Document Type: Article

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