Compressive stress field in the crust deduced from shear-wave anisotropy: An example in capital area of China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2840-2848

  Gao, Yuan ^a   Wu, Jing ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF JIANGSU PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Capital area; Polarization direction of fast shear wave; Principal compressive stress field; Seismic anisotropy; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049085737     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0310-9     Document Type: Article

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