Constraints on the three-dimensional thermal structure of the lower crust in the Japanese Islands

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 855-861

  Cho, Ikuo ^a   Kuwahara, Yasuto ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forecast; Lower crust; Modeling; Numerical simulation; Thermal structure

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FORECASTING METHOD; LOWER CRUST; MOHO; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATA; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TRANSITION ZONE;

JAPAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84890370545     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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