Depth of the Moho discontinuity beneath the Japanese islands estimated by traveltime analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Katsumata, Akio ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPTH DETERMINATION; GRABEN; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MIOCENE; MOHO; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC WAVE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; BODY WAVE; DISCONTINUITY; TRAVEL TIME;

CHUBU; CHUGOKU; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KYUSHU;

EID: 84905006990     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005864     Document Type: Article

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