Shear-wave splitting in the Appalachians and the Pyrenees: Importance of the inherited tectonic fabric of the lithosphere

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 127-138

  Vauchez, A ^a   Barruol, G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; INHERITED FABRIC; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OROGENY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

FRANCE, PYRENEES; SPAIN, PYRENEES; USA, APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0029750701     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03125-1     Document Type: Article

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