Seismic imaging of southwest Japan using P and PmP data: Implications for arc magmatism and seismotectonics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 535-542

  Sun, Anhui ^a,b   Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Ikeda, Michiharu ^c   Chen, Yong ^b   Chen, Qifu ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Kagawa Prefecture 760 8573   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Moho discontinuity; Reflected waves; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DISCONTINUITY; HETEROGENEITY; MAGMATISM; MOHO; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

JAPAN;

EID: 48349138209     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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