Seismic velocity structure around the Hyuganada region, Southwest Japan, derived from seismic tomography using land and OBS data and its implications for interplate coupling and vertical crustal uplift

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 19-33

  Tahara, M ^a   Uehira, K ^a   Shimizu, H ^a   Nakada, M ^a   Yamada, T ^b   Mochizuki, K ^b   Shinohara, M ^b   Nishino, M ^c   Hino, R ^c   Yakiwara, H ^d   Miyamachi, H ^d   Umakoshi, K ^e   Goda, M ^e   Matsuwo, N ^a   Kanazawa, T ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gravity anomaly; Interplate coupling; Philippine Sea plate; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; POISSON RATIO; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

GRAVITY ANOMALY; INTERPLATE COUPLING; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETERS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

GRAVITY ANOMALY; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; TECTONIC WEDGE; UPLIFT; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI; KYUSHU; KYUSHU-PALAU RIDGE; MIYAZAKI; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHIKOKU;

EID: 42649084302     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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