Tomographic inversion for P wave velocity structure beneath the northeastern Japan arc using local and teleseismic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 17597-17615

  Sato, Tamao ^a   Kosuga, Masahiro ^a   Tanaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE; P WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

JAPAN, HONSHU, TOHOKU;

EID: 0030424024     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb01505     Document Type: Article

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