Frequency-dependent analysis of SKS/SKKS waveforms observed in Australia: Evidence for null birefringence

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 197-210

  Özalaybey, Serdar ^a   Chen, Wang Ping ^b  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Fresnel zone; Isotropy; Mantle; SKS; Splitting

Indexed keywords

PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033609555     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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