Melt distribution beneath a young continental rift: The Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Heise, Wiebke ^a   Bibby, Hugh M ^a   Caldwell, T Grant ^a   Bannister, Stephen C ^a   Ogawa, Yasuo ^b   Takakura, Shinichi ^c   Uchida, Toshihiro ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MINERALOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL RIFT; MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA; SEISMOGENIC ZONE; SUBDUCTION;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PACIFIC PLATE; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 34548585428     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029629     Document Type: Article

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