Structure of the southernmost Okinawa Trough from reflection and wide-angle seismic data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 466, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 281-288

  Klingelhoefer, Frauke ^a   Lee, Chao Shing ^b   Lin, Jing Yi ^a   Sibuet, Jean Claude ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Crustal structure; Okinawa Trough; Wide angle seismics

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC BASIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEEP STRUCTURES; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETERS; OKINAWA TROUGH; REFLECTION SEISMIC; SEDIMENTARY INFILL; SEDIMENTARY UNITS; SEISMIC DATUM; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; WIDE-ANGLE SEISMICS;

CAVITY RESONATORS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES;

EARTHQUAKES;

BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FORWARD MODELING; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EAST CHINA SEA; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 60749130068     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.031     Document Type: Article

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