Mantle wedge structure in the Miyagi Prefecture forearc region, central northeastern Japan arc, and its relation to corner-flow pattern and interplate coupling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Yamamoto, Yojiro ^a   Hino, Ryota ^b   Shinohara, Masanao ^c  

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

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOREARC BASIN; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MICROEARTHQUAKE; PLATE BOUNDARY; POINT SOURCE; SEAMOUNT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SERPENTINIZATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU;

EID: 80055035710     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008470     Document Type: Article

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