Detailed structure of the upper mantle discontinuities around the Japan subduction zone imaged by receiver function analyses

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-14

  Tonegawa, Takashi ^a   Hirahara, Kazuro ^a   Shibutani, Takuo ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan subduction zone; Receiver function; Upper mantle discontinuity

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

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

EID: 21844433772     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351801     Document Type: Article

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