Crustal structure and seismic anisotropy near the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield, California

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1098-1104

  Ozacar, A Arda ^a   Zandt, George ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Composition of the continental crust; Continental tectonics: strike slip and transform; Crustal structure; North America; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BODY WAVE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749108345     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04198.x     Document Type: Article

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