Shear wave anisotropy in the upper mantle beneath the Nazca plate in northern Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 24333-24345

  Bock, G ^a   Kind, R ^a   Rudloff, A ^a   Asch, G ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHILE;

EID: 0032505839     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01465     Document Type: Article

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