Rheological implications of the strong seismic reflector in the Kakkonda geothermal field, Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 371, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 141-152

  Matsushima, Jun ^a   Okubo, Yasukuni ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brittle ductile transition; Magmatic activity; Pre stack migration; Rheological structure; Seismic reflector; Seismicity; Thermal structure

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; PRESTACK MIGRATION; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KAKKONDA GEOTHERMAL FIELD;

EID: 0041326865     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00213-0     Document Type: Article

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