On the relationship between extension and anisotropy: Constraints from shear wave splitting across the East African Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Walker, Kristoffer T ^a   Nyblade, Andrew A ^b   Klemperer, Simon L ^a   Bokelmann, Götz H R ^a   Owens, Thomas J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Extension; Shear wave splitting

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PLATEAU; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE SPLITTING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 7044231582     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002866     Document Type: Article

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