New insight into the crust and upper mantle structure under Alaska

Polar Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 85-100

  Qi, Cheng ^a,b   Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Chen, Yong ^c   Ruppert, Natalia A ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arc volcanism; Seismic tomography; Subduction zone; Yakutat terrane

Indexed keywords

CRUST; EARTHQUAKE; GEOMETRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM;

ALASKA; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YAKUTAT BAY;

EID: 36849017909     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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