Shear-wave velocity in marine sediments on young oceanic crust: Constraints from dispersion analysis of Scholte waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 227-234

  Essen, Heinz H ^a   Grevemeyer, Ingo ^a,b   Herber, Rolf ^a   Weigel, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Marine sediments; S waves; Scholte waves; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEAN CRUST; SCHOLTE WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR WAVE;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031936865     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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