Seismic anisotropy and its relation with crust structure and stress field in the Reggio Emilia Region (Northern Italy)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1035-1043

  Margheriti, L ^a   Ferulano, M F ^b   Di Bona, M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crust; Fluidsin rocks; Shear wave splitting; Stress distribution

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MICROCRACK; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRESS FIELD; WAVE SPLITTING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EMILIA;

EID: 33750702860     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03168.x     Document Type: Article

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