Shear wave anisotropy of laminated lower crust beneath Urach (SW Germany): A comparison with xenoliths and with exposed lower crustal sections

Tectonophysics

Volumn 298, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-356

  Rabbel, W ^a   Siegesmund, S ^b   Weiss, T ^b   Pohl, M ^c   Bohlen, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Inst Geol Dynam Lithosphere   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laminated lower crust; Seismic anisotropy; Shear waves; Urach

Indexed keywords

LAMINATION; LOWER CRUST; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; XENOLITH;

GERMANY;

EID: 0032506494     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00174-7     Document Type: Article

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