Seismic imaging of the Cocos plate subduction zone system in central Mexico

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Younghee ^a   Miller, Meghan S ^b   Pearce, Frederick ^c   Clayton, Robert W ^d  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

inversion; mantle wedge; Mexico; oceanic crust; subduction zone; volcanic arc

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

INVERSION; MANTLE WEDGE; ME-XICO; OCEANIC CRUST; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VOLCANIC ARC;

TECTONICS;

COCOS PLATE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DATA INVERSION; ISLAND ARC; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UNDERPLATING; UPPER MANTLE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 84864058245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004033     Document Type: Article

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