Polarization anomalies of Love waves observed in and around Japan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 357-365

  Kobayashi, Reiji ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOVE WAVE; POLARIZATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 1642444956     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352425     Document Type: Article

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