Inversion of shear-wave splitting parameters to retrieve three-dimensional orientation of anisotropy in continental lithosphere

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 277-292

  Sileny J ^a   Plomerova J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY ORIENTATION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DATA INVERSION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 0029750699     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03121-9     Document Type: Article

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