The effect of crustal anisotropy on reflector depth and velocity determination from wide-angle seismic data: A synthetic example based on South Island, New Zealand

Tectonophysics

Volumn 355, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 145-161

  Godfrey, N J ^a,c   Christensen, N I ^b   Okaya, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Landmark EAME   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; New Zealand; Seismic reflectors; Seismic velocity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0037201288     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00138-5     Document Type: Article

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