Seismic structure beneath the Tonga arc and Lau back-arc basin determined from joint Vp, Vp/Vs tomography

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Conder, James A ^a   Wiens, Douglas A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Fiji; Island arc; Lau; Subduction; Tomography.

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049048511     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001113     Document Type: Article

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