Morphology of the distorted subducted Pacific slab beneath the Hokkaido corner, Japan

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Miller, M S ^a   Kennett, B L N ^a   Gorbatov, A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Arc arc junction; Japan and Kurile arcs; Subducted slab; Tomography; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

JAPAN; SUBDUCTED SLAB; UPPER MANTLE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

IMAGING METHOD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 33646566320     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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