Seismic tomography of the Tongariro Volcanic Centre, New Zealand

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1180-1194

  Rowlands, D P ^a   White, R S ^a   Haines, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Low velocity zone; Seismic velocities; Tomography; Tongariro volcanic centre; Volcanic structure

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; VOLCANO;

AUSTRALASIA; LAKE TAUPO; MANAWATU-WANGANUI; MOUNT NGAURUHOE; MOUNT RUAPEHU; MOUNT TONGARIRO; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

EID: 33745236858     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02716.x     Document Type: Article

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