New seismological constraints on growth of continental crust in the Izu-Bonin intra-oceanic arc

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1031-1034

  Kodaira, Shuichi ^a   Sato, Takeshi ^a   Takahashi, Narumi ^a   Miura, Seiichi ^a   Tamura, Toshihiko ^a   Tatsumi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kaneda, Yoshiyuki ^a  

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

Author keywords

Continental crust; Crustal evolution; Intra oceanic arc; Izu Bonin arc; Seismic imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; INTRA-OCEANIC ARC; SEISMIC IMAGING;

SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DELAMINATION; LOWER CRUST; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE;

IZU-BONIN ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 37449031296     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23901A.1     Document Type: Article

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