Three-dimensional velocity structures of Mount Fuji and the South Fossa Magna, central Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Nakamichi, Haruhisa ^a,b,c   Watanabe, Hidefumi ^a   Ohminato, Takao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FOSSA MAGNA; HONSHU; JAPAN; MOUNT FUJI;

EID: 34548577565     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004161     Document Type: Article

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