The Java convergent margin: Structure, seismogenesis and subduction processes

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 355, Issue , 2011, Pages 111-137

  Kopp, Heidrun ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; BATHYMETRY; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEFORMATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TSUNAMI;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 80051593901     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP355.6     Document Type: Article

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