High resolution imaging in the inhomogeneous crust with cosmic-ray muon radiography: The density structure below the volcanic crater floor of Mt. Asama, Japan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 104-113

  Tanaka, Hiroyuki K M ^a,b,c   Nakano, Toshiyuki ^d   Takahashi, Satoru ^d   Yoshida, Jyunya ^d   Takeo, Minoru ^a   Oikawa, Jun ^a   Ohminato, Takao ^a   Aoki, Yosuke ^a   Koyama, Etsuro ^a   Tsuji, Hiroshi ^a   Niwa, Kimio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cosmic ray muon; emulsion cloud chamber; radiography; volcano; vulcanian eruption

Indexed keywords

COSMIC-RAY MUON; EMULSION CLOUD CHAMBER; VULCANIAN ERUPTION;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

COSMIC RAYS;

COSMIC RAY; CRATER; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASAMA VOLCANO; ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO;

EID: 35548987994     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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