A global study of Pn anisotropy beneath continents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B1, 1999, Pages 963-980

  Smith, Gideon P ^a,b   Ekström, Göran ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEPTH; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0033540290     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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