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

A Katsumata - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… the Japanese islands, including depth distributions of the Conrad and Moho discontinuities,
was … Depth distributions of the bottom of the surface layer, the Conrad, and the Moho were …

Configuration of the Moho discontinuity beneath the Japanese Islands derived from three-dimensional seismic tomography

M Matsubara, H Sato, T Ishiyama, A Van Horne - Tectonophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
Moho using a 3D seismic tomography model. Since the tomographic method cannot locate
discontinuities, we treat the Moho … mantle P-wave velocities in Japan are known to be 7.0 km/…

Topography of the Moho and Conrad discontinuities in the Kyushu district, Southwest Japan

H Oda, T Ushio - Journal of Seismology, 2007 - Springer
… (1992a) presented undulation of the Conrad and Moho discontinuities in the entire Japan
Islands by using the same method, but the Kyushu district was out of their study area. In this …

Seismic velocity structure of the crust beneath the Japan Islands

D Zhao, S Horiuchi, A Hasegawa - Tectonophysics, 1992 - Elsevier
… and Moho discontinuities beneath the whole of the Japan Islands by applying an inversion
method. The P- and S-wave station corrections show similar distribution patterns. They are …

Moho and Philippine Sea plate structure beneath central Honshu Island, Japan, from teleseismic receiver functions

K Yoshimoto, H Fujisawa, T Okada, N Umino… - Earth, planets and …, 2004 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… to find the conversion phases from subsurface discontinuities and to depict the regional
topography of the Moho and the Philippine Sea plate beneath central Honshu Island, Japan. …

Moho depth variation beneath southwestern Japan revealed from the velocity structure based on receiver function inversion

K Shiomi, K Obara, H Sato - Tectonophysics, 2006 - Elsevier
… The depth variation of the Moho discontinuities is in good qualitative agreement with the
concept of isostasy. From the configurations of both the continental and oceanic …

Simple relationship between seismic activity along Philippine Sea slab and geometry of oceanic Moho beneath southwest Japan

K Shiomi, M Matsubara, Y Ito… - Geophysical Journal …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… Thus, we suggest that this discontinuity indicates the oceanic Moho of the subducting PHS.
… We also find a dipping red block alignment beneath Awaji Island (B–B′ profile), although it …

Low‐frequency continuous tremor around the Moho discontinuity away from volcanoes in the southwest Japan

A Katsumata, N Kamaya - Geophysical Research Letters, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… in the Japan Islands have been transmitted to the Japan … make a comprehensive seismic
catalog in Japan. The short-period … of low-frequency events in the Japan Islands. The JMA has …

Constraints on the Moho in Japan and Kamchatka

T Iwasaki, V Levin, A Nikulin, T Iidaka - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
… The Japanese islands are situated along subduction zones along the eastern margin of the
… -variable gradient, rather than a single velocity discontinuity (see Section 6.1). In the active-…

Configuration of Moho Discontinuity beneath Japanese Islands Estimated with Three-Dimensional Seismic Velocity Structure Obtained by Seismic Tomography Using …

M Matsubara, K Obara - AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2014 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
… the Moho within the subducting oceanic plates. We discuss the Moho discontinuity above the
… The Moho discontinuity deepens over 35 km in the collision zone like as Kanto Mountains, …