A four-year study of shear-wave splitting in Iceland: 1. Background and preliminary analysis

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 212, Issue , 2003, Pages 117-133

  Volti, T ^a,b   Crampin, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; MICROCRACK; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WAVE SCATTERING; WAVE SPLITTING;

ICELAND;

EID: 0038763830     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.212.01.08     Document Type: Article

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