A reflector at 200 km depth beneath the northwest Pacific

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Rost, S., Weber, M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2001
• Subjects: Research Papers; Yellowknife; Canada; Pacific; New Zealand; Tonga
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/147/1/12; https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246X.2001.00497.x

We present an analysis of precursors to PP produced by underside reflections from discontinuities in the upper mantle beneath the NW Pacific. The events used for this study occur in the western Pacific Rim (New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Solomon, New Guinea, Philippine Islands) and are recorded at the sh...