Anisotropic structure under a back arc spreading region, the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1-21

  Audoine, Etienne ^a   Savage, Martha K ^a   Gledhill, Ken ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Back arc spreading; Mantle deformation; New Zealand; Shear wave splitting; Subduction

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; EARTHQUAKE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE SPLITTING;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE; WORLD;

EID: 14344266010     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002932     Document Type: Article

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