Fine-scale seismic structure of the shallow volcanic crust on the East Pacific Rise at 9°50′N

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Sohn, Robert A ^a   Webb, Spahr C ^b   Hildebrand, John A ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Seismic; Structure; Volcanic

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC SURVEY; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANISM;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 14344253321     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003152     Document Type: Article

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