Seismic tomography of the uppermost mantle beneath southwestern Japan: Seismological constraints on modelling subduction and magmatism for the Philippine Sea slab

• Published in: Earth, planets, and space Vol. 55; no. 8; pp. 443 - 462
• Main Authors: HONDA, S, NAKANISHI, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Terra 01.01.2003; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anomalies; Bends; Constraint modelling; Cosmochemistry. Extraterrestrial geology; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Earthquakes; Exact sciences and technology; Islands; Moho discontinuity; Numerical models; P waves; Poisson's ratio; S waves; Seismic activity; Seismology; Slabs; Subduction (geology); Tomography; Travel time; Volcanic activity; Wave velocity; Kyushu; West Pacific; Far East; Japan; Philippine Sea; subduction; Asia; tomography; discontinuities; Pacific Ocean; S-waves; Wave velocity; arrival time; anomalies

Many studies have been made on the subduction of the Pacific slab and the magmatism in northeastern Japan, but not on the subduction of the Philippine Sea slab and the magmatism in southwestern Japan. Primary reasons may be that seismological networks in southwestern Japan were sparse as compared wi...