Deep structure of the central Lesser Antilles Island Arc: Relevance for the formation of continental crust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 121-134

  Kopp, H ^a   Weinzierl, W ^a   Becel, A ^b   Charvis, P ^c   Evain, M ^c   Flueh, E R ^a   Gailler, A ^c   Galve, A ^c   Hirn, A ^b   Kandilarov, A ^d   Klaeschen, D ^a   Laigle, M ^b   Papenberg, C ^a   Planert, L ^a   Roux, E ^b  

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

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crustal growth; Island arc structure; Lesser Antilles margin; Oceanic subduction; Pre stack depth migration; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL GROWTH; ISLAND ARC STRUCTURE; LESSER ANTILLES MARGIN; OCEANIC SUBDUCTION; PRE-STACK DEPTH MIGRATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FOREARC BASIN; ISLAND ARC; MAGMA; MOHO; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE;

DOMINICA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES;

EID: 79952624869     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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