Upper mantle structure in the south central Chilean subduction zone (30° to 36°S)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-20

  Wagner, L S ^a   Beck, S ^a   Zandt, G ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17144393255     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003238     Document Type: Article

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