Impact of a complex overburden on analysis of bright reflections: A case study from the Mendocino Triple Junction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B9, 2000, Pages 21711-21726

  Henstock, Timothy J ^a,b   Levander, Alan ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OVERBURDEN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034633210     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900170     Document Type: Article

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