Mapping of the 410- and 660-km discontinuities beneath the Japanese islands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Tono, Yoko ^a   Kunugi, Takashi ^b   Fukao, Yoshio ^a,c   Tsuboi, Seiji ^a   Kanjo, Kenji ^d   Kasahara, Keiji ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MAPPING; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

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

EID: 21844473813     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003266     Document Type: Article

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