Variation in crustal structure along the Kyushu-Palau Ridge at 15-21o N on the Philippine Sea plate based on seismic refraction profiles

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Nishizawa, Azusa ^a   Kaneda, Kentaro ^a   Katagiri, Yasutaka ^a   Kasahara, Junzo ^b  

^a JAPAN COAST GUARD ACADEMY   (Japan)

^b Japan Continental Shelf Survey Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Kyushu palau ridge; Oki no tori shima island; Seismic refraction; West Philippine basin

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ISLAND ARC; LOWER CRUST; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; WAVE VELOCITY;

KYUSHU-PALAU RIDGE; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARECE VELA BASIN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 34548305541     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bf03352711     Document Type: Article

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