Crustal structure beneath Aso Caldera, Southwest Japan, as derived from receiver function analysis

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Abe, Yuki ^a   Ohkura, Takahiro ^a   Shibutani, Takuo ^a   Hirahara, Kazuro ^a   Kato, Mamoru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aso Caldera; Deep crustal structure; Genetic algorithm inversion; Huge pyroclastic eruption; Receiver function

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; ASO CALDERA; COMPRESSIONAL; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP CRUSTAL STRUCTURES; FLUID MOVEMENT; LOW VELOCITY LAYERS; LOW-FREQUENCY EARTHQUAKES; LOWER CRUST; MAGMA BODIES; RECEIVER FUNCTION ANALYSIS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

FLUIDS; VELOCITY; VOLCANOES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

CALDERA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MAGMA; MOHO; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASO VOLCANO; JAPAN; KUMAMOTO; KYUSHU;

EID: 77955049826     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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