Three-dimensional P- and S-wave velocity structures beneath Japan

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 49-70

  Nakamura, Masaki ^a   Yoshida, Yasuhiro ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^b   Takayama, Hiroyuki ^a   Obana, Koichiro ^d   Katao, Hiroshi ^e   Kasahara, Junzo ^c   Kanazawa, Toshihiko ^c   Kodaira, Shuichi ^d   Sato, Toshinori ^f   Shiobara, Hajime ^c   Shinohara, Masanao ^c   Shimamura, Hideki ^g   Takahashi, Narumi ^d   Nakanishi, Ayako ^d   Hino, Ryota ^b   Murai, Yoshio ^g   Mochizuki, Kimihiro ^c  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dehydration process; Pacific slab; Philippine Sea slab; Seismic activity; Seismic wave travel time tomography; Volcano

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; LANDFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ACTIVE VOLCANOES; ARRIVAL TIMES; DEPTH RANGE; ELSEVIER (CO); JAPAN SEA; LOW VELOCITIES; MAGMA GENESIS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERMANENT STATIONS; S-WAVE VELOCITIES; SEISMIC IMAGING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); UPPERMOST MANTLE;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

ARRIVAL TIME; DEHYDRATION; HETEROGENEITY; P-WAVE; PACIFIC PLATE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANO;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 46849084573     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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