Waveform modeling of the slab beneath Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Chen, Min ^a   Tromp, Jeroen ^a   Helmberger, Don ^a   Kanamori, Hiroo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MODELING; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SH-WAVE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34347208606     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004394     Document Type: Article

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