Models of the upper mantle beneath the central North Island, New Zealand, from speeds and anisotropy of subhorizontal P waves (Pn)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Seward, Anya M ^a   Henderson, C M ^a   Smith, E G C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOGRAPH; STRAIN; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE VELOCITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 63049116038     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005805     Document Type: Article

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