Mapping the crustal thickness in southwest Japan using Moho-reflected waves

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-94

  Salah, Mohamed K ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustal thickness; Moho discontinuity; Reflected waves; Southwest Japan

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MOHO; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 1442360462     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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