Crack-induced seismic anisotropy in the oceanic crust across the East Pacific Rise (9°30'N)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 9-17

  Dunn, Robert A ^a   Toomey, Douglas R ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anistropy; East Pacific Rise; Mid ocean ridges; Oceanic crust; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CRACK; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034939169     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00353-3     Document Type: Article

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