Subduction of the Woodlark Basin at New Britain Trench, Solomon Islands region

Tectonophysics

Volumn 397, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 225-239

  Yoneshima, Shinji ^a   Mochizuki, Kimihiro ^a   Araki, Eiichiro ^b   Hino, Ryota ^c   Shinohara, Masanao ^a   Suyehiro, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Micro seismicity; Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS); Solomon Islands; Subduction zone; Woodlark Basin

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; OCEAN BASIN; SUBDUCTION; TECTONOPHYSICS;

CORAL SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON SEA; WOODLARK BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 14644405000     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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