Axial crustal structure of the Lau back-arc basin from velocity modeling of multichannel seismic data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 239-255

  Jacobs, Allison M ^a   Harding, Alistair J ^a   Kent, Graham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

back arc ridges; Lau basin; multichannel seismic survey; oceanic crustal structure; velocity modeling

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC RIDGES; MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC SURVEY; OCEANIC CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; VELOCITY MODELING;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

SEISMOLOGY;

BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGING METHOD; ISLAND ARC; MAGMA CHAMBER; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; TONGA TRENCH;

EID: 34250855786     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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