The effects of metastable olivine(α) wedge in subducted slabs on theoretical seismic waveforms of deep earthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Yoshioka, Shoichi ^a   Murakami, Toru ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coda waves; Equilibrium model; Metastable model; Metastable olivine wedge; Pyrolite

Indexed keywords

OLIVINE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0038742119     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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