Shear wave splitting as a diagnostic of variable anisotropic structure of the upper mantle beneath central Fennoscandia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 438, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 57-77

  Vecsey, L ^a   Plomerova J ^a   Kozlovskaya, E ^b   Babuska V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

3D anisotropic model of mantle lithosphere; Joint inversion of body wave anisotropic parameters; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; LINEATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLATE TECTONICS; POLARIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; S-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 34248573301     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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