Tomographic search for missing link between the ancient Farallon subduction and the present Cocos subduction

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 849-854

  Gorbatov, Alexei ^a   Fukao, Yoshio ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cocos Plate; Farallon Plate; Seismicity; Tomography; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; MANTLE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COCOS;

EID: 15944395539     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02507.x     Document Type: Article

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