Upper mantle discontinuity structure in the region of the Tonga Subduction Zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1855-1858

  Gilbert, Hersh J ^a   Sheehan, Anne F ^a   Wiens, Douglas A ^b   Dueker, Kenneth G ^c   Dorman, LeRoy M ^d   Hildebrand, John ^d   Webb, Spahr ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SUBDUCTION ZONES;

GEOPHYSICS;

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035333028     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012192     Document Type: Article

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