Geometry and seismic properties of the subducting Cocos plate in central Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Kim, Y ^a   Clayton, R W ^a   Jackson, J M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCOS PLATE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; COUPLING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FAULT GEOMETRY; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION;

ACAPULCO; GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 77954350581     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006942     Document Type: Article

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