Automated SKS splitting and upper-mantle anisotropy beneath Canadian seismic stations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 931-942

  Evans, Matthew S ^a,d   Kendall, J M ^b   Willemann, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IRIS Consortium   (United States)

^d AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Canada; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EIGENVALUE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; S-WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745941604     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02973.x     Document Type: Article

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