SKS splitting and the seismic anisotropy of the mantle beneath the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 227-236

  Gledhill, Ken ^a,b   Gubbins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREARC; MANTLE ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0029731855     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03118-9     Document Type: Article

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