Lithospheric anisotropy beneath the Pyrenees from shear wave splitting

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B12, 1998, Pages 30039-30053

  Barruol, Guilhem ^a   Souriau, Annie ^a   Vauchez, Alain ^a   Diaz, Jordi ^b   Gallart, Josep ^b   Tubia, José ^c   Cuevas, Julia ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; WAVE SPLITTING;

EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 0032506768     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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