Velocity anomalies and spatial distributions of physical properties in horizontally lying slabs beneath the northwestern pacific region

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 137-157

  Takenaka, Satoshi ^a   Sanshadokoro, Hiroyasu ^a   Yoshioka, Shoichi ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Horizontally lying slabs; Spatial distributions of physical properties; Velocity anomalies

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033574365     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00038-2     Document Type: Article

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