Seismic anisotropy of the Pacific slab and mantle wedge beneath the Japanese islands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Tono, Yoko ^a   Fukao, Yoshio ^a   Kunugi, Takashi ^b   Tsuboi, Seiji ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PACIFIC PLATE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; POLARIZATION; S-WAVE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 70349705939     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006290     Document Type: Article

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