Joint interpretation of upper-mantle anisotropy based on teleseismic P-travel time delays and inversion of shear-wave splitting parameters

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 293-309

  Plomerova J ^a   Sileny J ^a   Babuska V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE (UPPER); P WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 0029772132     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03122-7     Document Type: Article

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