Electrical anisotropy of South African lithosphere compared with seismic anisotropy from shear-wave splitting analyses

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 158, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 226-239

  Hamilton, Mark P ^a,b   Jones, Alan G ^a   Evans, Rob L ^c   Evans, Shane ^d   Fourie, C J S ^e   Garcia, Xavier ^a   Mountford, Andy ^f   Spratt, Jessica E ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d De Beers Group   (South Africa)

^e Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^f Society of Envtl Toxicol/Chemistry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Geoelectric strike; Magnetotellurics; Shear wave splitting; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES;

ELECTRICAL ANISOTROPY; GEOELECTRIC STRIKE; LITHOSPHERE; MAGNETOTELLURICS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING;

EARTH (PLANET);

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL METHOD; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; S-WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748658477     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.03.027     Document Type: Article

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