Crustal structure of the southwestern margin of the Kuril arc sited in the eastern part of Hokkaido, Japan, inferred from seismic refraction/reflection experiments

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 375-380

  Kurashimo, Eiji ^a   Iwasaki, Takaya ^a   Hirata, Naoshi ^a   Ito, Tanio ^b   Kaneda, Yoshiyuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Mature oceanic island arc crust; Seismic refraction and reflection experiments; Southwestern margin of the Kuril arc

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ISLAND ARC; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; KURIL TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 34347336645     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352697     Document Type: Article

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