Structure of the upper part of the Philippine Sea plate estimated by later phases of upper mantle earthquakes in and around Shikoku, Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 321, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-36

  Ohkura, Takahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basalt eclogite transformation; Guided waves; Oceanic crust; Philippine Sea plate

Indexed keywords

LOWER CRUST; OCEANIC CRUST; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033883780     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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