Seismic heterogeneity and anisotropy of the Honshu arc from the Japan Trench to the Japan Sea

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1428-1444

  Huang, Zhouchuan ^a,b   Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Wang, Liangshu ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Seismic anisotropy; Seismic tomography; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC STRUCTURE; ARRIVAL TIME; BACK-ARC; DYNAMIC PROCESS; HIGH VELOCITY; JAPAN SEA; LAND AREAS; LOW-VELOCITY; MANTLE FLOW; MANTLE WEDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC PLATES; PARTIAL MELTING; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC HETEROGENEITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAPH STATIONS; STRONG HETEROGENEITIES; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OLIVINE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SHEAR WAVES; SILICATE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HETEROGENEITY; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; P-WAVE; PACIFIC PLATE; PARTIAL MELTING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 78751518002     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04934.x     Document Type: Article

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