Crustal structure along the southern Central American volcanic front

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  MacKenzie, Laura ^a   Abers, Geoffrey A ^a,b   Fischer, Karen M ^c   Syracuse, Ellen M ^a   Protti, J Marino ^d   Gonzalez, Victor ^d   Strauch, Wilfried ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^e Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Central America; Crustal thickness; Plate boundaries; Receiver functions; Subduction; Vp Vs

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249095542     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC001991     Document Type: Article

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