Seismic velocity discontinuities in the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the Kanto district, central Japan, identified from receiver function imaging and repeating earthquake activity

Gondwana Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 491-503

  Igarashi, Toshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kanto district; Plate configuration; Receiver function; Repeating earthquake; Seismic velocity discontinuity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DISCONTINUITY; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PACIFIC PLATE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 69749109594     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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