Seismic anisotropy and velocity variations in the mantle beneath the saxothuringicum-moldanubicum contact in central Europe

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 365-394

  Plomerova J ^a   Babuska V ^b   Sileny J ^a   Horalek J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

Inversion of shear wave splitting parameters; Joint interpretation of body wave observations; P residual spheres; Upper mantle anisotropy

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031815395     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8777-9_7     Document Type: Article

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