Basal reflector under the Philippine Sea Plate

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 659-668

  Tonegawa, T ^a   Helffrich, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body waves; Composition of the oceanic crust; Rheology: crust and lithosphere

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE RATIOS; BODY WAVES; DISCONTINUITY PROPERTY; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; SOLID-SOLID PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL ORIGINS;

FREQUENCY BANDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

RHEOLOGY;

AMPLITUDE; ASTHENOSPHERE; BODY WAVE; DISCONTINUITY; EARTHQUAKE; LITHOSPHERE; OCEANIC CRUST; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; RHEOLOGY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SH-WAVE;

EID: 84858624773     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05386.x     Document Type: Article

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