Shear wave anisotropy of the northeast Indian Iithosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Singh, Arun ^a   Kumar, M Ravi ^a   Raju, P Solomon ^a   Ramesh, D S ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; GEOPHYSICS; STRAIN;

CONVERGENCE ZONE; FINITE STRAIN; IITHOSPHERE;

SHEAR WAVES;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANISOTROPY; ASTHENOSPHERE; BODY WAVE; COLLISION ZONE; CONVERGENCE; DATA SET; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; LITHOSPHERE; S-WAVE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; MYANMAR; SHILLONG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33845654774     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026106     Document Type: Article

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