Amplitude modeling of the seismic reflectors in the crust-mantle transition layer beneath the volcanic front along the northern Izu-Bonin island arc

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sato, Takeshi ^a   Kodaira, Shuichi ^a   Takahashi, Narumi ^a   Tatsumi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kaneda, Yoshiyuki ^a  

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

Author keywords

Crust mantle transition layer; Crustal growth; Izu Bonin island arc; Ocean bottom seismograph; Velocity contrast

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249137728     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC001990     Document Type: Article

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