Three-dimensional structure of Vp, Vs and Vp/Vs beneath northeastern Japan: Implications for arc magmatism and fluids

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B10, 2001, Pages 21843-21857

  Nakajima, Junichi ^a   Matsuzawa, Toru ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; MAGMATISM; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 0035169371     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb000008     Document Type: Article

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