P-wave anisotropic tomography beneath Northeast Japan

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 115-133

  Wang, Jian ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropic tomography; Hexagonal symmetry axis; Northeast Japan; P wave azimuthal anisotropy; Subducting Pacific slab

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; VOLCANOES;

ANISOTROPIC TOMOGRAPHY; HEXAGONAL SYMMETRY AXIS; NORTHEAST JAPAN; P-WAVE AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTING PACIFIC SLAB;

ANISOTROPY;

ARRIVAL TIME; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MOHO; P-WAVE; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRAVEL TIME;

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

EID: 53249105314     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.07.042     Document Type: Article

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