Mapping the mantle wedge and interplate thrust zone of the northeast Japan arc

Tectonophysics

Volumn 467, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 89-106

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Wang, Zhi ^b   Umino, N ^a   Hasegawa, A ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arc magmatism; Interplate thrust zone; Mantle wedge; Seismic tomography; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

ARC MAGMATISM; INTERPLATE THRUST ZONE; MANTLE WEDGE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; POISSON RATIO; SEISMOGRAPHS; SHEAR WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

EARTHQUAKES;

ARRIVAL TIME; MANTLE; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 61349127301     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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