Local thickening of the Cascadia forearc crust and the origin of seismic reflectors in the uppermost mantle

Tectonophysics

Volumn 420, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 175-188

  Calvert, Andrew J ^a   Ramachandran, Kumar ^b   Kao, Honn ^b   Fisher, Michael A ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia; Duplex; Erosion; Seismic reflection; Subduction; Tremor; Underplating

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; FOREARC BASIN; P-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION; UNDERPLATING; UPPER MANTLE;

CASCADIA BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33745097151     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.01.021     Document Type: Article

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