Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure and configuration of the Philippine Sea slab in southwestern Japan estimated by double-difference tomography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Hirose, Fuyuki ^a   Nakajima, Junichi ^b   Hasegawa, Akira ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 56449085299     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005274     Document Type: Article

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