Joint bulk-sound and shear tomography for Western Pacific subduction zones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 210, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 527-543

  Gorbatov, A ^a   Kennett, B L N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

P waves; S waves; Seismic tomography; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; RAY TRACING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOLOMON ISLANDS; TONGA;

EID: 0038537371     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00165-1     Document Type: Article

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