Deep crustal structure of the Tuamotu plateau and Tahiti (French Polynesia) based on seismic refraction data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Patriat, Martin ^a,b   Klingelhoefer, Frauke ^b   Aslanian, Daniel ^b   Contrucci, Isabelle ^b   Gutscher, Marc André ^a   Talandier, Jacques ^c   Avedik, Felix ^b   Francheteau, Jean ^a   Weigel, Wilfried ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c CEA DIF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COMPENSATION MECHANISM; DEEP CRUSTAL STRUCTURES; ELASTIC THICKNESS; LAND STATIONS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; REFRACTION SEISMICS; SEISMIC REFRACTION DATA; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

REFRACTION;

EID: 0346037235     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013913     Document Type: Article

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