A wave equation migration method for receiver function imaging: 2. Application to the Japan subduction zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Chen, Ling ^a   Wen, Lianxing ^b   Zheng, Tianyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND DATA; DATA PROCESSING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 30144443370     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003666     Document Type: Article

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