Velocity and anisotropy structure at the Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand from receiver functions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1034-1050

  Savage, Martha K ^a   Park, J ^b   Todd, H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

New Zealand; Receiver functions; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic structure; Subduction zone; Synthetic Seismograms; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAM; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 33847779559     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03086.x     Document Type: Article

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