Deep structure of an island arc backstop, Lesser Antilles subduction zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Christeson, Gail L ^a   Bangs, Nathan L ^a   Shipley, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Backstop; Lesser Antilles; Seismogenic zone

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; ISLAND ARC; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES;

EID: 0142228751     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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