Ocean bottom array probes stagnant slab beneath the Philippine sea

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Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 70-71

  Shiobara, Hajime ^a   Baba, Kiyoshi ^a   Utada, Hisashi ^a   Hukao, Yoshio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; SEAFLOOR; SLAB;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 64949115440     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009EO090002     Document Type: Short Survey

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