Tomographic evidence for the subducting oceanic crust and forearc mantle serpentinization under Kyushu, Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 449, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 85-96

  Xia, Shaohong ^a,b   Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Qiu, Xuelin ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Philippine Sea slab; Seismic tomography; Serpentinization; Subducting oceanic crust

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC WEDGE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 39649111088     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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