Seismic anisotropy beneath the Northern Apennines (Italy) and its tectonic implications

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2721-2724

  Margheriti, L ^a   Nostro, C ^a   Cocco, M ^a   Amato, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTIC WAVES; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; ANISOTROPY; COVARIANCE MATRIX; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

COMPRESSIONAL TECTONICS; MOUNTAIN BELT; NORTHERN APENNINE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TECTONICS;

COMPRESSION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; TECTONICS;

ITALY, APENNINES;

COMPRESSIONAL TECTONICS; CROSS CORRELATION METHODS; MATRIX DECOMPOSITION; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; TECTONIC COMPRESSIONS; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030265209     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02519     Document Type: Article

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