Shear velocity structure across the Sumatran Forearc-Arc

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1306-1314

  Harmon, Nicholas ^a   Henstock, Timothy ^a   Tilmann, Frederik ^b,c   Rietbrock, Andreas ^d   Barton, Penny ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental margins: convergent; Crustal structure; Interferometry; Intraplate processes; Subduction zone processes; Surface waves and free oscillations

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FREE OSCILLATION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

INTERFEROMETRY; PRISMS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; INDIAN PLATE; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE GROUP;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84860837340     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05446.x     Document Type: Article

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