A review of shear-wave splitting in the compliant crack-critical anisotropic Earth

Wave Motion

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-77

  Crampin, Stuart ^a,b   Peacock, Sheila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack critical systems; Earth's crust and upper mantle; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic birefringence; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTICITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SHEAR WAVES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRUSTAL ROCKS; SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING;

ANISOTROPY;

BIREFRINGENCE; CRACK; CRUST; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 4544380508     PISSN: 01652125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wavemoti.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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