Upper-mantle anisotropy in SW Iberia from long-range seismic profiles and teleseismic shear-wave data

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 153-166

  Diaz J ^a,b   Hirn, A ^a   Gallart, J ^b   Abalos, B ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MANTLE (UPPER); SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0029769217     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03127-8     Document Type: Article

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