Shear wave splitting in the Eastern Alps observed at the TRANSALP network

Tectonophysics

Volumn 414, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 117-125

  Kummerow, Jörn ^a   Kind, Rainer ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Eastern Alps; TRANSALP; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 32044470254     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.10.023     Document Type: Article

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