Velocity-depth ambiguity and the seismic structure of large igneous provinces: A case study from the Ontong Java Plateau

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1022-1036

  Korenaga, Jun ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled source seismology; Inverse theory; Large igneous provinces; Oceanic hotspots and intraplate volcanism; Tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED SOURCE SEISMOLOGY; CONVECTING MANTLE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL VELOCITY; HOTSPOTS; INVERSE THEORY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; MANTLE DYNAMICS; MODEL SPACES; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; NEW APPROACHES; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; WORKED EXAMPLES;

TOMOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HOT SPOT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANISM;

ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79954604720     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04999.x     Document Type: Article

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