Seismic anisotropy in the north-eastern US as a source of significant teleseismic P traveltime anomalies

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 593-603

  Levin, Vadim ^a,b   Menke, William ^a   Lerner Lam, Arthur ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Body waves; Lithosphere; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LITHOSPHERE; P WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

CANADA; USA;

EID: 0030454980     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05312.x     Document Type: Article

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