Mantle structure and dynamics under East Russia and adjacent regions

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 925-938

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Pirajno, Franko ^b   Dobretsov, Nikolai L ^c   Liu, Lucy ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Big mantle wedge; Deep earthquakes; Intraplate volcanoes; Mantle plumes; Mantle tomography; Mantle transition zone; Subducting slabs

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TRANSITION ZONE;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 77956234698     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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