S-wave velocities and anisotropy in sediments entering the Nankai subduction zone, offshore Japan

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 743-758

  Peacock, S ^a   Westbrook, G K ^a   Bais, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled source seismology; Seismic anisotropy; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRACK PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE SPLITTING; WELL LOGGING;

JAPAN; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 74549223058     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04430.x     Document Type: Article

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