On the effects of a dipping axis of symmetry on shear wave splitting measuremets in a transversely isotropic medium

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 497-505

  Chevrot, Sébastien ^a   van der Hilst, Robert D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Lithosphere; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

ISOTROPY; LITHOSPHERE; PHASE VELOCITY; POLARIZATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SYMMETRY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 0037328033     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01865.x     Document Type: Article

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