P, S velocity and VP/VS ratio beneath the Toba caldera complex (Northern Sumatra) from local earthquake tomography

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1121-1139

  Koulakov, Ivan ^a,b   Yudistira, Tedi ^c   Luehr, Birger G ^b   Wandono, ^d  

^a TROFIMUK INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^d Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Calderas; Indian Ocean; Magma chamber processes; Seismic tomography; Volcanic arc processes; Volcano seismology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CALDERA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; ISLAND ARC; MAGMA CHAMBER; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; TOBA CALDERA;

EID: 66549090897     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04114.x     Document Type: Article

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