Crustal anisotropy in southern California from local earthquake data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Paulssen, Hanneke ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA REDUCTION; EARTHQUAKES; SHEAR WAVES;

CRUSTAL ANISOTROPY; FREE SURFACE EFFECTS; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANISOTROPY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; WAVE SPLITTING;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442568887     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018654     Document Type: Article

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