Deep structure of the Japan subduction zone

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 32-52

  Abdelwahed, Mohamed F ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Pacific slab; Philippine Sea slab; Seismic tomography; Slab dehydration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MANTLE CONVECTION; SLAB DEHYDRATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC EVENTS;

TECTONICS;

ARRIVAL TIME; MANTLE CONVECTION; P-WAVE; PACIFIC PLATE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34250336359     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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