Polarization anomaly of Love waves caused by lateral heterogeneity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 893-897

  Kobayashi, Reiji ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite difference method; Lateral heterogeneity; Love waves; Subduction; Synthetic seismograms; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

LOVE WAVE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0032465664     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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