Inhomogeneous crustal structure beneath northern Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, imaged by coda envelope inversion: Implication for fluid distribution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Asano, Y ^a   Obara, K ^a   Nakajima, J ^b   Hasegawa, A ^b  

^a National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

7205 Seismology: Continental crust (1242); 7218 Seismology: Lithosphere and upper mantle; 7230 Seismology: Seismicity and seismotectonics; 8180 Tectonophysics: Tomography

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; EARTHQUAKES; SCATTERING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; VOLCANOES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURES; SCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; STRESS ACCUMULATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; INHOMOGENEITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU; WORLD;

EID: 14544306932     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021261     Document Type: Article

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