Strong seismic reflections and melts in the mantle of a continental back-arc basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Stratford, W R ^a   Stern, T A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; EXPLOSIONS; MELTING; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

EXPLOSION SEISMOLOGY; SEISMIC IMPEDANCE; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER;

GEOPHYSICS;

BACKARC BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANISM;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 18544394057     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019232     Document Type: Article

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