Three-dimensional structure of P-wave anisotropy beneath the Tohoku district, northeast Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Ishise, Motoko ^a   Oda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 25444527475     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003599     Document Type: Article

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