Seismic structure of the upper mantle beneath the Philippine Sea from seafloor and land observation: Implications for mantle convection and magma genesis in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana subduction zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 107-119

  Isse, Takehi ^a   Shiobara, Hajime ^a   Tamura, Yoshihiko ^b   Suetsugu, Daisuke ^b   Yoshizawa, Kazunori ^c   Sugioka, Hiroko ^b   Ito, Aki ^b   Kanazawa, Toshihiko ^a   Shinohara, Masanao ^a   Mochizuki, Kimihiro ^a   Araki, Eichiro ^b   Nakahigashi, Kazuo ^a   Kawakatsu, Hitoshi ^a   Shito, Azusa ^b   Fukao, Yoshio ^b   Ishizuka, Osamu ^d   Gill, James B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

isotopes; Izu Bonin Mariana arc; ocean bottom seismometer; subduction; surface wave tomography

Indexed keywords

ARC VOLCANOES; IZU-BONIN-MARIANA ARC; MAGMA GENESIS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE WEDGE; MULTI MODES; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; PB ISOTOPES; PHASE SPEEDS; RAY BENDING; SEA FLOORS; SEISMIC STRUCTURES; SHEAR WAVE SPEED; SPATIAL RESOLUTION (SR); SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SURFACE WAVE TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE;

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC WAVES; FLUID DYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MEDICAL IMAGING; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SPEED; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WAVES; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES; WAVES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; PACIFIC PLATE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAM; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

IZU-BONIN ARC; KYUSHU-PALAU RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 58649092168     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.032     Document Type: Article

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