Crust and upper mantle structure of a continental backarc: Central North Island, New Zealand

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 469-484

  Stratford, Wanda R ^a   Stern, T A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Backarc basin; Crustal structure; Moho discontinuity; Reflection seismology; Refraction seismology; Underplating

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL ARC; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

AUSTRALASIA; KERMADEC ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE; TONGA;

EID: 33745600576     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02967.x     Document Type: Article

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