P wave anisotropic tomography of the Nankai subduction zone in Southwest Japan

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Jian ^a,b   Zhao, Dapeng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

intraslab seismicity; P wave anisotropic tomography; Philippine Sea slab; Southwest Japan; trench parallel

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

INTRASLAB SEISMICITY; P WAVES; PHILIPPINE SEA SLAB; SOUTHWEST JAPAN; TRENCH PARALLEL;

ANISOTROPY;

ARRIVAL TIME; BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; HETEROGENEITY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; P-WAVE; PACIFIC PLATE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRENCH; UPPER MANTLE;

NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861878161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004081     Document Type: Article

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