Estimation of thermal structure in the mantle wedge of northeastern Japan from seismic attenuation data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Nakajima, Junichi ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLCANOES; SILICATE MINERALS;

THERMAL STRUCTURE; AQUEOUS FLUIDS; BACK-ARC; MANTLE WEDGE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISLAND ARC; OLIVINE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0141942109     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017185     Document Type: Article

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