Search for deep slab segments under Alaska

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 68-82

  Qi, Cheng ^a,b   Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Chen, Yong ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Kula plate; Ridge subduction; Seismic tomography; Slab window; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

TECTONICS;

ARRIVAL TIME; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; MICROPLATE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPWELLING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 35548931060     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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