Geographical distribution of 3He/4He ratios and seismic tomography in Japan

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-60

  Sano, Yuji ^a   Nakajima, Junichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc magma; Geotectonics; Helium isotopes; Japanese islands; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUST; HELIUM; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMA; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; CHUGOKU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA; SHIKOKU;

EID: 55349093594     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.42.51     Document Type: Article

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