Direct measurement of 3D elastic anisotropy on rocks from the Ivrea zone (Southern Alps, NW Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 370, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 31-47

  Pros, Z ^a   Lokajicek T ^a   Prikryl R ^b   Klima K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Ivrea zone; Transversal isotropic

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC PROPERTY; LOWER CRUST; P-WAVE; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE;

ALPS; ITALY; IVREA ZONE; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0042472867     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00176-8     Document Type: Article

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