Slice of intraoceanic arc: Insights from the first multichannel seismic reflection profile across the South Sandwich island arc

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 819-822

  Vanneste, Lieve E ^a   Larter, Robert D ^a   Smythe, David K ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Seismic reflection data; South Sandwich islands; Subduction

Indexed keywords

INTRAOCEANIC ARC;

CATCHMENTS; EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY;

OCEAN STRUCTURES;

BACKARC BASIN; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; ISLAND ARC; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRAIN; SUBDUCTION;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); SCOTIA SEA;

EID: 0036764780     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0819:SOIAIF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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