Subducted lithosphere beneath the Kuriles from migration of PP precursors

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 101-111

  Schmerr, Nicholas ^a   Thomas, Christine ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discontinuities; Kurile Subduction Zone; P660P; PP precursors; Transition zone; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITIES; P660P; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TRANSITION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE;

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

TECTONICS;

DISCONTINUITY; HETEROGENEITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

KURIL ISLANDS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN;

EID: 81155155601     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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