Contraints on crustal composition beneath a metamorphic core complex: Results from 3-component wide-angle seismic data along the eastern flank of the ruby mountains, Nevada

Tectonophysics

Volumn 329, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 223-250

  Satarugsa, P ^a,b   Johnson, R A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Crustal velocity structure; Metamorphic core complexes; Poisson's ratio; Ruby Mountains; Seismic anisottropy; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC SURVEY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035044247     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00197-9     Document Type: Article

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