A detailed receiver function image of the upper mantle discontinuities in the Japan subduction zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 527-541

  Li, X ^a,b   Sobolev, S V ^a   Kind, R ^a,b   Yuan, X ^a   Estabrook, Ch ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Japan; Subduction zones; Tomography; Transition zones; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0034490573     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00294-6     Document Type: Article

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