Seismic anisotropy and shear-wave splitting in lower-crustal and upper-mantle rocks from the ivrea zone - Experimental and calculated data

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 175-194

  Barruol, Guilhem ^a   Kern, Hartmut ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIATION; LOWER CRUST; MINERAL ORIENTATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; TECTONICS; UPPER MANTLE;

ITALY, ALPS, IVREA ZONE;

EID: 0029769216     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03124-3     Document Type: Article

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