Shear-wave anisotropy: Spatial and temporal variations in time delays at Parkfield, Central California

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 771-785

  Liu, Yun ^a,b,c   Crampin, Stuart ^a   Main, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Cairn Energy Plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Fault gouge; Pore fluid pressure; Shear wave splitting; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT GAUGE; FAULT ZONE; SEISMICITY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, PARKFIELD;

EID: 0031458080     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01872.x     Document Type: Article

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