Topography of the Moho and Conrad discontinuities in the Kyushu district, Southwest Japan

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-233

  Oda, Hitoshi ^a   Ushio, Takashi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bouguer gravity anomaly; Conrad and Moho discontinuities; Kyushu district; Philippine Sea slab; Southwest Japan; Three dimensional velocity structure

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MOHO; P-WAVE; SEISMICITY; SLAB; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 33947669871     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-007-9049-z     Document Type: Article

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