The sensitivity of seafloor compliance to two-dimensional low-velocity anomalies

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 547-558

  Hulme, Tom ^a   Crawford, Wayne C ^a   Singh, S C ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Low velocity zone; Melt; S waves; Scattering; Shear modulus

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; S-WAVE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SHEAR MODULUS; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 33745280603     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02753.x     Document Type: Article

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