Azimuthal anisotropy in the upper mantle from observations of P-to-S converted phases: application to southeast Australia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 615-629

  Girardin, Nicole ^a   Farra, Véronique ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; MANTLE; SEISMIC WAVE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031669652     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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