Deep seismic images of the Southern Andes

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 407, Issue , 2006, Pages 61-72

  Yuan, X ^a   Asch, G ^a   Bataille, K ^b   Bock, G ^a   Bohm, M ^a   Echtler, H ^a   Kind, R ^a,c   Oncken, O ^a,c   Wlbern I ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Moho; P to S conversion; Receiver function; Slab; Southern Andes; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; VOLCANOES;

MOHO; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SLAB; SOUTHERN ANDES; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

EARTHQUAKES;

BENIOFF ZONE; CORDILLERA; CRUST; GRABEN; ISLAND ARC; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

ANDES;

EID: 34250797440     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2407(03)     Document Type: Article

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