ScS wave splitting of deep earthquakes around Japan

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 409-424

  Hiramatsu, Yoshihiro ^a,c   Ando, Masataka ^a   Ishikawa, Yuzo ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Phase transitions; Subduction

Indexed keywords

PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030790901     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01564.x     Document Type: Article

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