Depth-dependent mantle anisotropy below the San Andreas fault system: Apparent splitting parameters and waveforms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B3, 2001, Pages 4155-4167

  Hartog, Renate ^a   Schwartz, Susan Y ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; MANTLE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC WAVE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS FAULT ZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034959343     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900382     Document Type: Article

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