Investigation of upper crust anisotropy in Ghaen-Birjand region, east-central Iran

Acta Seismologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 466-473

  Gheitanchi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Zarifii, Zoya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active faults; Aftershock activity; Anisotropy in upper crust; Aspect ratio method; Hudson cracks model; Particle motion diagram; Shear wave splitting; Zirkuh (Ghaen Birjand) earthquake

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER CRUST; WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA; BIRJAND; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GHAEN; IRAN; KHORASAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 12844280549     PISSN: 02533782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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