Modelling seismic anisotropy variations across the Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 16-26

  Greve, Sonja M ^a   Savage, Martha K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

melt; modelling; New Zealand; seismic anisotropy; shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

MELT; MODELLING; NEW ZEALAND; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING;

SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS;

ANISOTROPY;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MODELING; PLATE TECTONICS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

AUSTRALASIA; HIKURANGI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND;

EID: 67650601774     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.035     Document Type: Article

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