P-wave velocity and gradient images beneath the Okinawa Trough

Tectonophysics

Volumn 455, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Wang, Zhi ^a,b   Huang, Runqiu ^b   Huang, Jinli ^c   He, Zhenhua ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Gradient image; Okinawa Trough opening; Slab dehydration; Structural heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; P-WAVE; SEISMICITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; JAPAN; KYUSHU; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 46049092353     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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