Composition and structure of the central Aleutian island arc from arc-parallel wide-angle seismic data

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Shillington, Donna J ^a,b   Van Avendonk, Harm J A ^c   Holbrook, W Steven ^a   Kelemen, Peter B ^d   Hornbach, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Crustal geophysics; Island arc; Major element geochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747859969     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000715     Document Type: Article

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