High-resolution investigation of shear wave anisotropy in D″ beneath the Cocos plate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Rokosky, J M ^a   Lay, T ^a   Garnero, E J ^b   Russell, S A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Weston Geophysical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA REDUCTION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SHEAR WAVE ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; TRIPLICATION; VERTICAL TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY (VTI);

TECTONICS;

COCOS PLATE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 3042702875     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018902     Document Type: Article

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