Subduction zone guided waves and the heterogeneity structure of the subducted plate: Intensity anomalies in northern Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-27

  Furumura, T ^a   Kennett, Brian L N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVE; SLAB; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 29444449309     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003486     Document Type: Article

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