A petrologic anomaly accompanying outboard earthquakes beneath Fiji-Tonga: Corresponding evidence from broadland P and S waveforms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Brudzinski, Michael R ^a   Chen, Wang Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiji Tonga; Mantle structure; Outboard earthquakes; Petrologic anomaly; Seismic wave speeds; Waveform modeling

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PETROLOGY; SEISMIC WAVE; SUBDUCTION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FIJI; TONGA;

EID: 18244422350     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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