Distinct S wave reflector in the midcrust beneath Nikko-Shirane volcano in the northeastern Japan arc

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 3067-3083

  Matsumoto, Satoshi ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGMA; S WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; VOLCANO;

JAPAN, HONSHU, NIKKO-SHIRANE VOLCANO;

EID: 0029774470     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb02883     Document Type: Article

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