Crustal shear-wave splitting from local earthquakes in the Hengill triple junction, southwest Iceland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 455-458

  Evans, John R ^a   Foulger, G R ^b   Julian, Bruce R ^a   Miller, Angus D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; S WAVE; SCATTERING; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ICELAND, HENGILL;

GEOPHYSICS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

A-TRANSFORM; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; GEOTHERMAL AREAS; MID-ATLANTIC; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; THREE COMPONENT; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0029752784     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00261     Document Type: Article

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