Shear-wave splitting in Quaternary sediments: Neotectonic implications in the central New Madrid seismic zone

Geophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1871-1882

  Harris, James B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLARIZATION; SHEAR FLOW; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; CRACKS; DATA ACQUISITION; FRACTURE; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; NEOTECTONIC DEFORMATION; NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; RECEIVER ORIENTATION; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION;

SHEAR WAVES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

SEISMIC ZONES; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS;

ANISOTROPY; AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

USA, NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE;

EID: 0030292116     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444102     Document Type: Article

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