Deep Structure Model of the Sedimentary Basins in the West Pacific

P023 DEEP STRUCTURE MODEL OF THE SEDIMENTARY BASINS IN THE WEST PACIFIC 1 A.G. RODNIKOV Geophysical Center Russian Academy of Sciences Molodezhnaya 3 GSP-1 117296 Moscow Russia Introduction The study of the deep structure of sedimentary basins of marginal seas in the Transition Zone from the Eurasian Continent to the Pacific Ocean was carried out in the frame of the International Geotraverse Project on deep cross-sections of the lithosphere including asthenosphere. The cross-sections are: the Okhotsk Sea Geotraverse; the Japan Sea Geotraverse and the Philippine Sea Geotraverse (Rodnikov 2000). General characteristics of deep structure of sedimentary basins are the following: