Absent anisotropy: The paradox of the Southern Alps orogen

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Pulford, Anna ^a   Savage, Martha ^a   Stern, Tim ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; DEFORMATION; SHEAR WAVES; SHEAR FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATASETS; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; ANISOTROPY MEASUREMENTS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; CRUSTAL ROCKS; DELAY TIME; HIGH RESOLUTION; NEW ZEALAND; S-WAVES;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SHEAR WAVES;

OROGENIC BELT; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; WAVE SPLITTING;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 1242300075     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017758     Document Type: Article

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