Shear wave anisotropy in the crust around the San Andreas fault near Parkfield: Spatial and temporal analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 957-970

  Liu, Y ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Thurber, C ^a   Roecker, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractures and faults; Seismic anisotropy; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; PARKFIELD EARTHQUAKE 2004; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; S-WAVE; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049092591     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03618.x     Document Type: Article

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