Horizontal layered structure with heterogeneity beneath continents and island arcs from particle orbits of long-period P waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 773-782

  Nishimura, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continents; Heterogeneity; Island arcs; Layered structure; Particle orbit; Scattering

Indexed keywords

CONTINENT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; ISLAND ARC; P WAVE;

EID: 0030441981     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04056.x     Document Type: Article

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