P-wave tomography of the mantle beneath the South Pacific Superswell revealed by joint ocean floor and islands broadband seismic experiments

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 268-277

  Tanaka, S ^a   Obayashi, M ^a   Suetsugu, D ^a   Shiobara, H ^b   Sugioka, H ^a   Yoshimitsu, J ^a   Kanazawa, T ^b   Fukao, Y ^a   Barruol, G ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Broadband ocean bottom seismograph (BBOBS); French Polynesia; P wave tomography; PLUME project; South Pacific Superswell

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKES; FLOORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

BROADBAND OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOGRAPH (BBOBS); FRENCH POLYNESIA; P-WAVE TOMOGRAPHY; PLUME PROJECT; SOUTH PACIFIC SUPERSWELL;

VELOCITY;

MANTLE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); POLYNESIA;

EID: 57749084249     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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