Seismic anisotropy within the uppermost mantle of southern Germany

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 747-767

  Enderle, U ^a   Mechie, J ^b   Sobolev, S ^a,c   Fuchs, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Germany; Seismic refraction; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; MANTLE (UPPER); OLIVINE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

GERMANY;

EID: 0029773269     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06021.x     Document Type: Article

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