Anisotropic features of the Alpine lithosphere in Northern Spain

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Diaz J ^a   Gallart, J ^a   Ruiz, M ^a   Pulgar, J A ^b   Lopez C ^b   Gonzalez Cortina J M ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GEODYNAMICS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

ANISOTROPIC FEATURES; ANISOTROPIC LAYERS; AZIMUTHAL DEPENDENCE; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; COMPRESSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; VELOCITY DIRECTIONS;

TECTONICS;

EID: 18144444421     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015997     Document Type: Article

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