Shear-wave anisotropy and the stress field from borehole recordings at 2.5 km depth at Cajon Pass

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 439-449

  Liu, Yun ^a,b   Crampin, Stuart ^a   Abercrombie, Rachael E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cajon Pass borehole; San Andreas Fault; Shear wave splitting; Temporal changes

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOREHOLE LOGGING; EARTHQUAKE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SHEAR WAVE; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; STRESS; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, CAJON PASS;

EID: 0030953430     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01594.x     Document Type: Article

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