Seismic anisotropy beneath the southern Himalayas-Tibet collision zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B8, 1997, Pages 17813-17823

  Sandvol, Eric ^a,d   Ni, James ^a   Kind, Rainer ^b   Zhao, Wenjin ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS; CHINA, TIBET;

EID: 0011572932     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb01424     Document Type: Article

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