Seismic anisotropy and heterogeneity in the Alaska subduction zone

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 629-649

  Tian, You ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mantle processes; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic tomography; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes; Volcanic arc processes

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PROCESSES; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VOLCANIC ARC;

ANISOTROPY; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY;

TECTONICS;

ARRIVAL TIME; BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; P-WAVE; PACIFIC PLATE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER MANTLE;

ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862195655     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05512.x     Document Type: Article

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