Lithospheric and sublithospheric anisotropy beneath the Baltic shield from surface-wave array analysis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 590-605

  Pedersen, Helle A ^a,b,c   Bruneton, Marianne ^a,d   Maupin, Valérie ^e  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b HASYLAB   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

anisotropy; Baltic shield; continental lithosphere; surface waves

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALS; DAMPING; LITHOLOGY; OLIVINE; PETROLOGY; SURFACE WAVES;

AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; BALTIC SHIELD; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; RADIAL ANISOTROPY; SURFACE-WAVE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AZIMUTH; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SURFACE WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33645951082     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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