Upper mantle anisotropy beneath Indochina block and adjacent regions from shear-wave splitting analysis of Vietnam broadband seismograph array data

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 33-43

  Bai, Ling ^a   Iidaka, Takashi ^a   Kawakatsu, Hitoshi ^a   Morita, Yuichi ^a   Dzung, N Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Indochina block; Mantle flow; Seismic anisotropy; Shear wave splitting; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

INDOCHINA BLOCK; MANTLE FLOW; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING; VIETNAM;

POLARIZATION; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS;

ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; ASTHENOSPHERE; MANTLE SOURCE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OROGENY; S-WAVE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOGRAPH; UPLIFT; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDOCHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 68349150314     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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