Volcano-tectonic implications of 3-D velocity structures derived from joint active and passive source tomography of the island of Hawaii

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Park, Jaewoo ^a,b   Morgan, Julia K ^a   Zelt, Colin A ^a   Okubo, Paul G ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ION GXT BasinSPAN Programs   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANO;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149090160     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005929     Document Type: Article

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