Seismic anisotropy of the Slave craton, NW Canada, from joint interpretation of SKS and Rayleigh waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 170-188

  Snyder, David ^a   Bruneton, Marianne ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continental lithosphere; Polarization; Rayleigh waves; Seismic anisotropy; Shear wave splitting; Slave craton

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; BODY WAVE; CRATON; MODELING; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PHASE VELOCITY; PLATE MOTION; POLARIZATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34147132865     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03287.x     Document Type: Article

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