Confrontation of mantle seismic anisotrophy with two extreme models of strain, in central Asia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1447-1450

  Griot, Daphné Anne ^a,b   Montagner, Jean Paul ^a,b   Tapponnier, Paul ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE WAVES; TECTONICS;

LITHOSPHERIC SHEAR ZONES; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

SEISMOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHORTENING; STRAIN;

ASIA;

EID: 0032076781     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00991     Document Type: Article

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