Deep azimuthal seismic anisotropy in the southern Kurile and Japan subduction zones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B5, 1997, Pages 9911-9922

  Sandvo, Eric ^a,b   Ni, James ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION, KURIL ISLANDS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAKHALIN;

EID: 0005026262     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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