Tomographic evidence for hydrated oceanic crust of the Pacific slab beneath northeastern Japan: Implications for water transportation in subduction zones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Tsuji, Yusuke ^a   Nakajima, Junichi ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEWATERING; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKES; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

ARC VOLCANISM; DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; DOUBLE-DIFFERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; LOW VELOCITIES; OCEANIC CRUSTS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TOMOGRAPHIC; VELOCITY STRUCTURES; WATER TRANSPORTATION;

DEHYDRATION;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; IMAGING METHOD; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 53749100291     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034461     Document Type: Article

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