A new configuration and an aseismic slab of the descending Philippine sea plate revealed by seismic tomography

Tectonophysics

Volumn 341, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 19-32

  Sekiguchi, Shoji ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

An aseismic slab; Oceanic crust; Philippine sea plate; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; VOLCANO;

PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 0035676928     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00182-2     Document Type: Article

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