Fine-scale ultralow-velocity zone structure from high-frequency seismic array data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Rost, Sebastian ^a,b   Garnero, Edward J ^a   Wiliams, Quentin ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTHQUAKE; IRON; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

WARRAMUNGA;

EID: 34347225168     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004088     Document Type: Article

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