Structural architecture of oceanic plateau subduction offshore Eastern Java and the potential implications for geohazards

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-28

  Shulgin, A ^a   Kopp, H ^a   Mueller, C ^b   Planert, L ^a   Lueschen, E ^b   Flueh, E R ^a   Djajadihardja, Y ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c AGENCY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY BPPT   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Asia; Crustal structure; Oceanic plateaus and microcontinents; Subduction zone processes; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ASIA; BATHYMETRIC FEATURES; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EURASIA; FOREARC; GEOHAZARDS; INDIAN PLATE; MULTI-CHANNEL; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC PLATEAUS AND MICROCONTINENTS; OCEANIC PLATEAUX; REFLECTION SEISMIC; SHARP INCREASE; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE; STRUCTURAL FORMATION; STRUCTURAL MODELS; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESSES; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

BATHYMETRY; MODEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULTING; INDIAN PLATE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA;

EID: 78650088175     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04834.x     Document Type: Article

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