Seismic anisotropy indicators in Western Tibet: Shear wave splitting and receiver function analysis

Tectonophysics

Volumn 462, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 99-108

  Levin, Vadim ^a   Roecker, Steven ^b   Graham, Peter ^a   Hosseini, Afsaneh ^b  

^a Rutgers University

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Crust; Seismic structure; Tibet; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC SOURCE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR; XIZANG;

EID: 56549111240     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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