Spatial heterogeneity of the mantle wedge structure and interplate coupling in the NE Japan forearc region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Yamamoto, Yojiro ^a   Hino, Ryota ^a   Suzuki, Kensuke ^a   Ito, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamada, Tomoaki ^b   Shinohara, Masanao ^b   Kanazawa, Toshihiko ^b   Aoki, Gen ^c   Tanaka, Masayuki ^c   Uehira, Kenji ^d   Fujie, Gou ^e   Kaneda, Yoshiyuki ^e   Takanami, Tetsuo ^f   Sato, Toshinori ^g  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKES; MEDICAL IMAGING; SEISMOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

COSEISMIC SLIPS; FOREARC; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; INTER-PLATE EARTHQUAKES; INTERPLATE COUPLINGS; MANTLE WEDGES; OCEANIC CRUSTS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SEISMIC ACTIVITIES; SEISMIC STATIONS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL EXTENTS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VELOCITY BOUNDARIES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EARTHQUAKE; HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; SERPENTINE; SLIP; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 60149085564     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036100     Document Type: Article

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