Seismic anisotropy in the wedge above the Philippine Sea slab beneath Kanto and southwest Japan derived from shear wave splitting

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-75

  Salah, Mohamed K ^a   Seno, T ^b   Iidaka, T ^b  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fast polarization direction; Seismic anisotropy; Shear wave splitting; Southwest Japan; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; FOREARC BASIN; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ZONE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KYUSHU; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 53749108058     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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