Seismic anisotropy of the lithosphere around the Trans-European Suture Zone (TESZ) based on teleseismic body-wave data of the TOR experiment

Tectonophysics

Volumn 360, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 89-114

  Plomerova J ^a   Babusska V ^a   Vecsey, L ^a   Kouba, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Joint inversion of anisotropic characteristics; P residual spheres; Seismic anisotropy; Shear wave splitting; Sub crustal lithosphere

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SPLITTING;

DENMARK; EUROPE; GERMANY; SWEDEN; TRANS-EUROPEAN SUTURE ZONE;

EID: 0036447266     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00349-9     Document Type: Article

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