Recovering shear-wave anisotropy of the lower crust: The influence of systematic errors on travel-time inversion

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 123-138

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Inst Geol Dynam Lithosphere   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lower crust; Seismic anisotropy; Shear waves; Travel time inversion; Urach

Indexed keywords

LOWER CRUST; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 0033373103     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050292     Document Type: Article

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