Compressional and shear wave velocities in south island, New Zealand rocks and their application to the interpretation of seismological models of the New Zealand crust

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 175, Issue , 2007, Pages 123-155

  Christensen, Nikolas I ^a,b   Okaya, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84992142549     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/175GM08     Document Type: Chapter

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