Tracking repeated subduction of the Hikurangi Plateau beneath New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 165-171

  Reyners, Martin ^a   Eberhart Phillips, Donna ^a,b   Bannister, Stephen ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hikurangi Plateau; New Zealand; Seismic tomography; Seismicity; Subduction

Indexed keywords

HIKURANGI PLATEAU; NEW ZEALAND; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION;

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SEISMOLOGY;

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; GONDWANA; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

HIKURANGI PLATEAU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 80755187552     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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