Wide-angle seismic imaging beneath an andesitic arc: Central North Island, New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Stern, Tim ^a   Benson, Adrian ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BACKARC BASIN; CONTINENTAL ARC; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; RAY TRACING; RHYOLITE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 80053295211     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008337     Document Type: Article

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