Three-dimensional S-wave velocity structure in Southern California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Tanimoto, T ^a   Prindle Sheldrake, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; EARTHQUAKES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EASTERN CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY; S-WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DEFORMATION; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; VELOCITY CONTRASTS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0037092384     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013486     Document Type: Article

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