Shear wave splitting in the Isparta Angle, southwestern Turkey: Anisotropic complexity in the mantle

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-80

  Şapaş, Aslihan ^a   Boztepe Güney, Aysun ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Isparta Angle; Mantle polarization anisotropy; Polarization direction; Shear wave splitting; SKS and SKKS phases

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; MANTLE; POLARIZATION; S-WAVE; WAVE SPLITTING;

EURASIA; ISPARTA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 63249118367     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-009-0007-8     Document Type: Article

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