Crustal structure of central Japan and its petrological implications

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 257-274

  Ozel, Oguz ^a,f   Iwasaki, Takaya ^b   Moriya, Takeo ^a   Sakai, Shin'ichi ^b   Maeda, Takuya ^b   Piao, Chengshi ^b   Yoshii, Toshikatsu ^b   Tsukada, Shinya ^b   Ito, Akihito ^c   Suzuki, Masayuki ^c   Yamazaki, Akira ^d   Miyamachi, Hiroki ^e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Japan; Petrology; Poisson's ratio; Refraction; Wide angle reflection

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PETROLOGY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0032864393     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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