Temperature distribution and focal depth in the crust of the northeastern Japan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1109-1113

  Tanaka, Akiko ^a   Ishikawa, Yuzo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HEAT FLOW;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 20544471790     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353310     Document Type: Article

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