Lower crustal anisotropy or dipping boundaries? Effects on receiver functions and a case study in New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 15069-15087

  Savage, Martha Kane ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIP; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032503903     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00795     Document Type: Article

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