Probing seismic anisotropy in North Iberia from shear wave splitting

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 158, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 210-225

  Diaz J ^a   Gallart, J ^a   Ruiz, M ^a   Pulgar, J A ^b   Lopez Fernandez C ^b   Gonzalez Cortina J M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Lithosphere; North Iberia; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS;

LITHOSPHERE; SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING; SYNTHETIC MODELS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

ASTHENOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; OROGENY; PLATE MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVE SPLITTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748498241     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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