Seismic attenuation and mantle wedge temperatures in the Alaska subduction zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Stachnik, Joshua C ^a,b   Abers, Geoffrey A ^a   Christensen, Douglas H ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Seismic attenuation; Subduction zone; Tomography

Indexed keywords

P-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SH-WAVE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPERATURE; UPPER MANTLE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11844256922     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003018     Document Type: Article

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