Seismic tomography of the uppermost mantle beneath southwestern Japan: Seismological constraints on modelling subduction and magmatism for the Philippine Sea slab

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 443-462

  Honda, S ^a   Nakanishi, I ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aseismic slab; deep low frequency earthquake; high Poisson's ratio; Philippine Sea plate; Seismic tomography; young plate

Indexed keywords

PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE;

MOHO;

EID: 3242753840     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351779     Document Type: Article

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