Crustal structure of the ocean-island arc transition at the mid Izu-Ogasawara (Bonin) arc margin

earth, planets and space

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Nishizawa, Azusa ^a   Kaneda, Kentaro ^a   Nakanishi, Ayako ^b   Takahashi, Narumi ^b   Kodaira, Shuichi ^b  

^a JAPAN COAST GUARD ACADEMY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kinan Escarpment; Mid Izu Ogasawara (Bonin) arc; P wave velocity structure

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; ISLAND ARC; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; TRANSITION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; IZU-BONIN ARC; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHIKOKU;

EID: 85009592722     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352594     Document Type: Article

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