Sharpening the tomographic image of the subducting slab below Sumatra, the Andaman Islands and Burma

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 433-453

  Pesicek, J D ^a   Thurber, C H ^a   Widiyantoro, S ^b   Zhang, H ^c   DeShon, H R ^d   Engdahl, E R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Seismic tomography; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

MODELING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; MYANMAR; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 77954632579     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04630.x     Document Type: Article

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