High-resolution image of the geometry and thickness of the subducting Nazca lithosphere beneath northern Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Sodoudi, F ^a   Yuan, X ^a   Asch, G ^a   Kind, R ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; NAZCA PLATE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; ICA; NAZCA; PERU;

EID: 79954470313     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007829     Document Type: Article

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