Seismic study on oceanic core complexes in the Parece Vela back-arc Basin

Island Arc

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 348-360

  Ohara, Yasuhiko ^a,b   Okino, Kyoko ^c   Kasahara, Junzo ^d  

^a Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department Japan Coast Guard   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Japan Continental Shelf Survey Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlantis Massif; D reflector; Detachment; Gabbroic core; Multichannel seismic profiling; Oceanic core complex; P wave velocity structure; Parece Vela Basin

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; FRACTURE ZONE; GABBRO; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; WAVE VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PARECE VELA BASIN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 34548356412     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2007.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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