Tomographic imaging of the P-wave velocity structure beneath the Kamchatka peninsula

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-279

  Gorbatov, A ^a,d   Dominguez J ^a   Suarez G ^a   Kostoglodov, V ^a   Zhao, D ^b   Gordeev, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kamchatka subduction zone; Tomography; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0344004835     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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