A multiscale study of the mechanisms controlling shear velocity anisotropy in the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Boness, Naomi L ^a,b   Zoback, Mark D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Faulting; Seismic waves; Seismology

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; EARTHQUAKES; GRANITE; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC WAVES; SHALE; SHEAR WAVES;

SEISMIC ARRAY; SEISMIC FREQUENCIES; SHEAR VELOCITY ANISOTROPY; SHEAR-WAVE-SPLITTING ANALYSIS; SONIC WAVELENGTHS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULTING; MICROEARTHQUAKE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748850138     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2231107     Document Type: Article

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