Attenuation tomography in the western central Andes: A detailed insight into the structure of a magmatic arc

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B6, 2001, Pages 11151-11167

  Haberland, Christian ^a,c,d   Rietbrock, Andreas ^b  

^a GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034940473     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900472     Document Type: Article

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