End of subduction in northern Apennines confirmed by observations of quasi-Love waves from the great 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Levin, V ^a   Park, J ^b   Lucente, F P ^c   Margheriti, L ^c   Pondrelli, S ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; EARTHQUAKES; FLOW PATTERNS; SHEAR WAVES;

GEOGRAPHICAL EXPRESSION; SUBDUCTION; UPPER MANTLE;

TECTONICS;

FLOW PATTERN; LOVE WAVE; POLARIZATION; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; SURFACE WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250770485     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028860     Document Type: Article

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