Constraints on absolute S velocities beneath the Aegean Sea from surface wave analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1006-1019

  Bourova, E ^a,b   Kassaras, I ^c   Pedersen, H A ^a   Yanovskaya, T ^b   Hatzfeld, D ^a   Kiratzi, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegen Sea; Anisotropy; Phase velocity; Surface wave dispersion

Indexed keywords

RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 15944381916     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02565.x     Document Type: Article

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