Subduction-zone structure and magmatic processes beneath Costa Rica constrained by local earthquake tomography and petrological modelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-32

  Husen, S ^a   Quintero, R ^b   Kissling, E ^a   Hacker, B ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Earthquake location; Mineralogy; Seismic tomography; Subduction

Indexed keywords

COCOS PLATE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; MAGMATISM; P-WAVE; PETROLOGY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0142088815     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01984.x     Document Type: Article

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