Spatial and temporal evolution of the subducting Pacific plate structure along the western Pacific margin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Miller, Maghan S ^a   Kennett, B L N ^a   Toy, V G ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

IZU-BONIN ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33644910729     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003705     Document Type: Article

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