Mantle upwelling revealed by genetic algorithm inversion of the magnetovariational anomaly around Kyushu island, Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Toh, Hiroaki ^a,b   Honma, Sawako ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SUN MICROSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MANTLE PROCESS; MODELING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 57649201377     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004891     Document Type: Article

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