Seismic velocity structure and depth-dependence of anisotropy in the Red Sea and Arabian shield from surface wave analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Hansen, Samantha E ^a,b,c   Gaherty, James B ^d   Schwartz, Susan Y ^a   Rodgers, Arthur J ^b   Al Amri, Abdullah M S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RIFTING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE SPLITTING; WAVE VELOCITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 57649185452     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005335     Document Type: Article

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