A review of shear wave splitting in the crack-critical crust

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 221-240

  Crampin, Stuart ^a,b   Chastin, Sebastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Compliance; Crack critical crust; Fracture criticality; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

CRUST; FRACTURE; MICROCRACK; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 0142088778     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02037.x     Document Type: Article

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