High pore-fluid pressures at Bhuj, inferred from 90°-flips in shear-wave polarizations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 370-376

  Padhy, Simanchal ^a   Crampin, Stuart ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; APE; Bhuj earthquake; Critically high pore fluid pressure; Shear wave splitting; Stress aligned microcracks

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FLUID PRESSURE; POLARIZATION; S-WAVE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA; BHUJ; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646007939     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02854.x     Document Type: Article

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