P and S wave delays beneath intraplate volcanic ridges and gravity lineations near the East Pacific Rise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Harmon, Nicholas ^a   Forsyth, Donald W ^a   Lamm, Rosalee ^b   Webb, Spahr C ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LINEATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MELTING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 34548425335     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004392     Document Type: Article

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