Shear wave anisotropy of laminated lower crust at the Urach geothermal anomaly

Tectonophysics

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 219-233

  Rabbel, Wolfgang ^a   Lüschen, Ewald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental lower crust; Lamination; Seismic anisotropy; Seismics; Shear waves

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRUST (LOWER); GEOTHERMAL ANOMALY; LAMINATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHEAR WAVE;

GERMANY, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, URACH;

EID: 0030438363     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00128-X     Document Type: Article

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