Continental crust, crustal underplating, and low-Q upper mantle beneath an oceanic island arc

Science

Volumn 272, Issue 5260, 1996, Pages 390-392

  Suyehiro, Kiyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Narumi ^a   Ariie, Yoshiro ^a   Yokoi, Yasutaka ^a   Hino, Ryota ^b   Shinohara, Masanao ^c   Kanazawa, Toshihiko ^a   Hirata, Naoshi ^a   Tokuyama, Hidekazu ^a   Taira, Asahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; ISLAND ARC; ISLAND ARCS; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE (UPPER); SEISMIC SURVEY; STRUCTURAL MODEL; SUBDUCTION; UNDERPLATING;

JAPAN; PACIFIC, IZU-OGASAWARA ARC;

EID: 0029768309     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5260.390     Document Type: Article

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