D″ anisotropy beneath Southeast Asia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Thomas, Christine ^a   Wookey, James ^b   Simpson, Matthew ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALS; EARTHQUAKES; PEROVSKITE; SHEAR WAVES;

MANTLE; PALEOSUBDUCTION;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE; INDIAN PLATE; LOWER MANTLE; PACIFIC PLATE; POLARIZATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SH-WAVE; STACKING; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

ASIA; BANDA SEA; EURASIA; FLORES SEA; INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TIEN SHAN;

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 34547979109     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028965     Document Type: Article

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