Shear velocity structure and azimuthal anisotropy beneath eastern North America from Rayleigh wave inversion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Li, Aibing ^a   Forsyth, Donald W ^a   Fischer, Karen M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; North America; Rayleigh wave; Shear velocity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

(EAST); NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0141494734     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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