Layer stripping of shear-wave splitting in marine PS waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 782-804

  Haacke, R Ross ^a,b,c   Westbrook, Graham K ^b   Peacock, Sheila ^b,d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controlled source seismology; Fractures and faults; Gas and hydrate systems; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE SPLITTING;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 61349202268     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04060.x     Document Type: Article

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