Seismic structure of the crust and uppermost mantle in the incipient stage of back arc rifting - Northernmost Okinawa Trough

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Nakahigashi, Kazuo ^a   Shinohara, Masanao ^a   Suzuki, Sadaomi ^b   Hino, Ryoto ^c   Shiobara, Hajime ^a   Takenaka, Hiroshi ^b   Nishino, Minoru ^c   Sato, Takeshi ^d   Yoneshima, Shinji ^a   Kanazawa, Toshihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VELOCITY; BUILDINGS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CRUSTAL THINNING; IGNEOUS ACTIVITY; LOWER CRUST; OKINAWA TROUGH; UPPERMOST MANTLE;

SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THINNING; RIFTING; SEISMIC SURVEY; UPPER MANTLE;

EAST CHINA SEA; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2442459673     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018928     Document Type: Article

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