Variation of shear-wave residuals and splitting parameters from array observations in southern Tibet

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 407-431

  Hirn, Alfred ^a   Díaz, Jordi ^b   Sapin, Martine ^a   Veinante, Jean Louis ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Shear waves; Tibet

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

CHINA, TIBET;

EID: 0031878418     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050120     Document Type: Article

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