Shear-wave splitting across western Saudi Arabia: The pattern of upper mantle anisotropy at a proterozoic shield

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 779-782

  Wolfe, Cecily J ^a   Vernon III, Frank L ^b   Al Amri, Abdullah ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

UPPER MANTLE;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANISOTROPY; CRATON; MANTLE; PROTEROZOIC; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0033559372     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900056     Document Type: Article

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