Evidence for an anisotropic lower mantle beneath eastern Asia: Comparison of shear-wave splitting data of SKS and P660s

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 675-678

  Iidaka, Takashi ^a   Niu, Fenglin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW;

EARTH'S LOWER MANTLE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

TECTONICS; SHEAR WAVES;

MANTLE ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA, (EAST);

BROAD-BAND SEISMIC STATIONS; CENTRAL CHINAS; DELAY TIME; LOWER MANTLE; R VALUE; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; TIME-DIFFERENCES; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0032030056     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00297     Document Type: Review

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