Configuration of subducting Philippine Sea plate and crustal structure in the central Japan region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Iidaka, T ^a   Iwasaki, T ^a   Takeda, T ^a   Moriya, T ^a   Kumakawa, I ^b   Kurashimo, E ^a   Kawamura, T ^a   Yamazaki, F ^c   Koike, K ^c   Aoki, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REFLECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXPLOSIVE SOURCE; LATERAL VARIATIONS; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PHILIPPINE SEAS; REFLECTED WAVES; SEISMIC STATION;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

JAPAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 0043202772     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl016517     Document Type: Article

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