Coincident normal-incidence and wide-angle reflections from the Moho: Evidence for crustal seismic anisotropy

Tectonophysics

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 205-217

  Jones, K A ^a   Warner, M R ^a   Morgan, R P Ll ^b   Morgan, J V ^a   Barton, P J ^b   Price, C E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal heterogeneity; Moho; Reflection seismology; Seismic anisotropy; Wide angle seismology

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL HETEROGENEITY; MOHO; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; WIDE ANGLE SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 0030437441     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00127-8     Document Type: Article

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